Thematic Network:

Catalog

Country:

Brazil

1.  Summary:

The purpose of this Agreement is to establish the regulatory framework to (i) make metadata accessible and interoperable through IABIN, the Invasive Species Thematic Network and the IABIN Catalog, as well as on the Brazil I3N – Horus Institute database on IAS and on the Brazil I3N – Horus Institute website (ii) transfer information available on the I3N Brazil database to the IABIN Catalog to improve access to the data (iii) add at least 1,000 references (articles, research studies, websites and other publications) to species on the I3N – Horus Institute Brazil database; add at least 50 website references to the I3N – Horus Institute Brazil website, with a brief explanation of the focus of each one (in English, Spanish and Portuguese); add 100 new occurrences to the I3N – Horus Institute database; add at least 5 new species to the I3N – Horus Institute database with the full complementary information in all database fields; add at least 100 herbarium records of occurrence to the database, based on the Curitiba Municipal Herbarium and thereby to increase the availability of the bibliographic references metadata through IABIN.

2.   Period:

8 meses (16 Dec, 2009 - 16 Aug, 2010)

3.   Amount:

$ 8.000 USD

4.   State:

In Progress

5.   Coordinator:

Silvia Renate Ziller