The Decision Support System (DSS) for management of introductions of invasive
alien species (IAS) for
the Black
Sea basin (The Black Sea basin IAS DSS) has been developed during 2009-2012
in frameworks of the European Commission FP7 enviroGRIDS project (Building
Capacity for a Black Sea Catchment Observation and Assessment System supporting
Sustainable Development, Grant Agreement No. 26740).
The Black Sea basin IAS DSS consists of four main online tools: risk assessment
protocols, searchable species directory, GIS application for mapping species
records, and searchable experts database. It also includes such additional
supportive tools as international open-access journals
Aquatic Invasions and
BioInvasions Records, and links to other relevant online tools
and resources.
In addition, developing DSS will include an early warning
component, and currently we are working on mechanisms for the more effective
transfer of scientific information from publications in the open access journals
upwards to the level of decision-making, by focusing on the Black Sea basin area
as a model region (for more information see
REABIC services for Early Warning
Systems).
Description of online DSS is available in the enviroGRIDS project
report “Risk Assessment Toolkit and DSS. The online Risk Assessment Toolkit and
Decision Support System for introductions of invasive alien species for the
Black Sea catchment”
The DSS website is currently under construction and some features may not work properly.
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