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Fields Description Database 
purpose
Examples of data and knowledge products Identified gaps
Spatial data Distribution, 
native and 
introduced range, 
occurrence
Origin,
Management,
Risk assessment
* Global Avian Invasions Atlas - 
https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4234850.v1
* SeaLifeBase - https://www.sealifebase.ca
* WOAH - https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/
animal-health-and-welfare/disease-data-collection/
world-animal-health-information-system/
* European Alien Species Information Network - 
https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/easin/#
* Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk - 
http://www.hear.org/pier/
* Species observations for the United States and 
Territories - https://www.gbif.us
* Atlas of Living Australia. Analytic software 
platforms, extensive and open source - 
www.ala.org.au
* National invasive alien species databases 
* Biomodelos - Biomodels of potential distribution 
maps and invasive species fauna and flora in 
Colombia - http://biomodelos.humboldt.org.co/en
* International Union for Conservation of Nature Red 
List of Threatened Species
* Regional plant protection organizations - 
https://www.ippc.int/en/external-cooperation/
regional-plant-protection-organizations/
Status and 
provenance
Biological invasion 
status in introduced 
range including 
abundance, 
occurrence (extent 
of spread) and 
invasiveness
Origin,
prioritization and 
management
prioritization
* Global Invasive Species Database
* Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
* Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International 
Invasive Species Compendium
* FishBase
* European Alien Species Information Network
* Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk 
* World Register of Introduced Marine Species 
* SeaLifeBase - https://www.sealifebase.ca/
* WOAH World Animal Health Information System - 
disease status 
* National invasive alien species databases 
Primary and 
secondary 
pathways 
Intentional or 
unintentional 
pathways of 
introduction and 
spread
Biosecurity
management
* Global Invasive Species Database
* Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
* Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International 
Invasive Species Compendium
* FishBase
* European Alien Species Information Network
* Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk 
* World Register of Introduced Marine Species
* Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species
* IPPC Documentation on ISPM - https://www.ippc.
int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/ispms/
* National invasive alien species databases - 
http://www.inbiar.uns.edu.ar/
Secondary 
pathways 
classification 
inconsistent or 
missing
Monitoring 
and 
surveillance
Data from multiple 
sources in a real 
time
Early detection * Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System - 
https://www.eddmaps.org/
Impact Environmental 
and socioeconomic impacts, 
mechanisms of 
impact, outcomes of 
these impacts and 
ecosystem services 
impacted
Risk assessment
policy
management
* Global Invasive Species Database
* Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
* Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International 
Invasive Species Compendium
No transparent, 
standardized 
way to report on 
impacts
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BACKGROUND
APPENDIX 3 
Examples of data 
and knowledge products