Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Developing an Internet-Based Networking Portal for Invasive Species Practitioners in the Caribbean

Grantee Name: Auckland Uniservices Ltd.

Hotspot: Caribbean Islands
Location: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Amount: $29,774
Dates: Apr 2013 – Dec 2013
Keywords: Awareness, Networks, Invasive alien species

Upgrade the Caribbean Invasive Alien Species Network (CIASNET) website in order to facilitate access to information on invasive alien species in the Caribbean Islands Hotspot. The tri-lingual website will contain a registry of invasive species practitioners, a hub for information exchange and networking, and a repository for documents. This grant builds on similar efforts through the Pacific Invasive Learning Network (PILN) and complements a CEPF grant to CAB International.

Strategic Direction :

3 Support Caribbean civil society to achieve biodiversity conservation by building local and regional institutional capacity and by fostering stakeholder collaboration

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Developing an Internet-Based Networking Portal for Invasive Species Practitioners in the Caribbean

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