Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species

Harmonised, representative data on the state of biological invasions remain inadequate at country and global scales, particularly for taxa that affect biodiversity and ecosystems. Information is not readily available in a form suitable for policy and reporting. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) provides the first country-wise checklists of introduced (naturalised) and invasive species. GRIIS was conceived to provide a sustainable platform for information delivery to support national governments. We outline the rationale and methods underpinning GRIIS, to facilitate transparent, repeatable analysis and reporting. Twenty country checklists are presented as exemplars; GRIIS Checklists for close to all countries globally will be submitted through the same process shortly. Over 11000 species records are currently in the 20 country exemplars alone, with environmental impact evidence for just over 20% of these. GRIIS provides significant support for countries to identify and prioritise invasive alien species, and establishes national and global baselines. In future this will enable a global system for sustainable monitoring of trends in biological invasions that affect the environment. Design Type(s) data integration objective • instrument and electronics design Measurement Type(s) Checklist Technology Type(s) Agent Expert Factor Type(s) geographic location Sample Characteristic(s) Brunei Darussalam • Chile • Cook Islands • Croatia • Cuba • Easter Island • Egypt • Juan Fernandez Islands • Mongolia • Myanmar • Nepal • Republic of Ireland • Republic of South Africa • Russia • Saint Lucia • Saudi Arabia • Sri Lanka • The Seychelles • Tunisia • United Arab Emirates • Vanuatu • Yemen • Soqotra • biome Design Type(s) data integration objective • instrument and electronics design Measurement Type(s) Checklist Technology Type(s) Agent Expert Factor Type(s) geographic location Sample Characteristic(s) Brunei Darussalam • Chile • Cook Islands • Croatia • Cuba • Easter Island • Egypt • Juan Fernandez Islands • Mongolia • Myanmar • Nepal • Republic of Ireland • Republic of South Africa • Russia • Saint Lucia • Saudi Arabia • Sri Lanka • The Seychelles • Tunisia • United Arab Emirates • Vanuatu • Yemen • Soqotra • biome Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data (ISA-Tab format)

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Scientific Data

• Publication date

  2018-01-23

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/sdata.2017.202PMID 29360103PMCID 5779068
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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