GISIN - GISIN List

The GISIN List of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) Online Information Systems was originally prepared in 2004 as a pre-meeting reference for the Experts Meeting Towards the Implementation of a Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN), Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It is a list of Internet-accessible databases and information systems that publish information pertaining to invasive, exotic, alien, introduced, non-native species. The GISIN List is now a 'living document' that we regularly update and which is now published here in an automated online format. It is by no means intended to be definitive.

Click on the name of a database in the list below to view more detailed information including the URL. If there is a database that you feel should be included in this list or a correction that needs to be made, please email Elizabeth Sellers (esellers@usgs.gov).

Suggested Citation: Sellers, E., Simpson, A., Curd-Hetrick, S. 2004. List of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) Online Information Systems. A preliminary draft document, prepared for the Experts Meeting Towards the Implementation of a Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 6-8 April 2004.

	Database Name

	Language

	Host

	OriginatingCountry

	GISIN data provider

(Aquatic) Non-Native Species in the Gulf of Mexico Region

English

Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission

USA

(Weed) Photo Herbarium

English

Weed Science Society of America

USA

100 of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species (in GISD)

English

Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG); National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)

New Zealand; USA

100th Meridian Database

English

University of Texas at Arlington

USA

399 Invasive Plants & Weeds in Canada & the U

English

Invasive Species Information Node, National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)

USA

Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC)

English

A voluntary alliance of the National Agricultural Library (NAL), land-grant universities and other agricultural organizations, in cooperation with citizen groups and government agencies

USA

Alaska Exotic Plant Mapping Project (AKEPMP) (Alaska)

English

U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center (ASC)

USA

Alien Animal Species in Poland

Polish, (English coming soon)

Instytut Ochrony Przyrody (IOP) PAN

Poland

Alien Invader Plants in South Africa

English (common names in Afrikaans, Zulu)

Hillside Aluminium, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa

South Africa

Alien Invasive Species in China

Chinese, English

XIE Yan, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

China

Alien Plants in Ireland

English

BioChange, Trinity College of Dublin

Ireland

Alien Plants in Korea

Korean / English

National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER)

Korea

Alien Species (introduced into the Pertuis Charentais Sea)

English, French

French National Center for Scientific Research

France

Alien Species in Hawaii (USGS)

English

Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR), U.S. Geological Survey ; University of Hawaii

USA

Alien Species in Poland

Polish, English

Instytut Ochrony Przyrody (IOP) PAN

Poland

Alien Species in Swedish Seas and Archipelago Areas

Swedish, English

Sweden

Andalucía Invasive Species Control Program

Spanish

European Union

Spain

APHIS Regulated Pest List (USDA-APHIS)

English

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

USA

Applesnail

Chinese, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portu

Stijn Ghesquiere (PhD Student) University of Maastricht

The Netherlands

Aquatic Invaders of Belarus Alien Species Database

English

Belarusian State University

Belarus