1. Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) Fifth Council Meeting 7-12 May 2007 Presented by: Bonnie C. Carroll Head, IABIN Delegation

2. Latin American Countries Who areLatin American Countries Who are GBIF MembersGBIF Members  Voting: 27 o Canada o Costa Rica o Mexico o Nicaragua (?) o Peru o United States  Non-Voting: 19 o Argentina o Colombia  Other: 39 o Andean Network of Bionet o IABIN o ITIS o WDCBE

3. Benefits of GBIFBenefits of GBIF  Making Biodiversity contacts throughout the world  Opportunities to participate in development workshops  Opportunities to make proposals for grants  Keeping up with the biodiversity informatics advances throughout the world

4. Ways we work together  Much of this is done through our members who are also participants in GBIF directly.  IABIN is developing thematic networks which are consistent with GBIF target areas, including pollinators, species and specimens.  We promote GBIF with our members and may be engaging through our thematic networks as they develop.  We work with the promotion of DIGIR protocols.

5. Digitization GrantsDigitization Grants  3 Awards of $134K o Argentina o Mexico o Costa Rica

6. Demonstration ProjectsDemonstration Projects  2003 Tour: Multi-author tree inventory plot dat from Western Amazon region  Peru  2004 Biodiversity Analysis Tool – moth specvies across Costa Rica  Conabio, Inbio, CRIA  2004 Species Loss meter  Mexico (CONABIO/UNAM), US (KS)  2005 Enabling a lobal GRID: Geospatial Data Sharing, Visualization and Analysis  Cloud forest of Mexico, Colombia, and Costa Rica

7. 2005 Ebbe Nielsen Prize2005 Ebbe Nielsen Prize  Dr. Goloboff  Argentina, Consejo Nactioinal do Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas  Outstanding Young Researcher in Systemmatics and Informatics  $35,000

8. Capacity Building – Workshop and Training Activities  Iberian-American workshop for the advance of biodiversity information exchange with emphasis on biological collections to guarantee interoperability (Bogota, Colombia, December 3 - 6, 2006).  First Pollinators Thematic Working Group Meeting (GBIF-IABIN), Indaiatuba (Brasil), December 12 – 14, 2006.  Data Modelling Workshop, 2005 in Mexico City

9. GBIF Spanish Georeferencing WorkshopGBIF Spanish Georeferencing Workshop IABIN ParticipationIABIN Participation NomineesCountryNominated bySponsored by Jean Michel MaesNicaraguaIABIN Boris RanirezIABIN SecretariatITISIABIN Brigido Hierro GarciaDominican RepublicIABINGBIF Pablo Muniz MacielUruguayWDBEGBIF

10. GBIB NodeGBIB Node  Work in progress  Thematic network support GBIF content  Specimens  Species  Pollinators  GBIF Mirror Site (in process)

11. Initiatives for Future SynergyInitiatives for Future Synergy  Discussions on how to better coordinate GBIF with regional network members was productive  Study of requirements  Sponsorship of joint workshops  Co-sponsored Caribbean participation in GBIF in an effort to activate this region in both

12. Initiatives for Future SynergyInitiatives for Future Synergy GBIF/IABIN SurveyGBIF/IABIN Survey  Development and implementation of the Plinian Core  Collaboration on building capacity for biodiversity informatics in the region  Promotion of GBIF Statement on Open Access to Biodiversity Data  Promotion of participation of countries and organizations in biodiversity informatics-related activities  Data cleaning and data quality validation  Collaboration on the Invasive Species Initiative