Presentations were made about the DIAS project, the Finnish invasive species data web portal, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Representatives of GBIF Secretariat (Copenhagan, Denmark) and specialists from the Komi Scientific Centre of the RAS Ural Branch and Yugra State University (Khanty-Mansiysk) offered practical training on working with invasive species databases. In addition to lectures and practical training, upcoming project activities were discussed.
DIAS project is implemented within the Karelia Cross-border Cooperation Programme financed by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland. Project partners, along with KarRC RAS, are Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE (Lead Partner) and Natural Resources Institute Finland, LUKE.
The aim of the project is to develop expertise on issues associated with invasive alien species and the methods to control them, as well as to raise awareness among communities, authorities and any relevant stakeholders on both sides of the border.
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September 12, 2019
On September 9-11, 2019 the workshop “Invasive alien species and data collaboration” within the international project “Collaborative Data and Information Exchange Network for Managing Invasive Alien Species - DIAS” took place in Petrozavodsk.
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