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GISP mission

GISP mission is to conserve biodiversity and sustain livelihoods by minimising the spread and impact of invasive species.

Working primarily at international and regional levels, GISP aims to build partnerships, provide guidance, develop a supportive environment and build capacity for national approaches towards the prevention and management of invasive species by pursuing three key objectives:

  • Facilitating information exchange;
  • Supporting policy and governance; and
  • Promoting awareness among key public and private sector decision makers

 

 

 

GISP Constitutional Objectives

The primary objective of GISP is to facilitate and assist with the prevention, control and management of invasive species throughout the world.

To achieve this, it will:

  1. raise global awareness of the ecological and socio-economic impacts of invasive species

  2. contribute to the development of a global information system on invasive species and maintaining a website to facilitate information exchange

  3. gather, assess and disseminate information on the impacts of invasive species, the resources and methods available for preventing incursions and for the control and management thereof once they have been introduced

  4. improve the technical basis for assessing the impacts of invasive species and for their prevention, control and management

  5. build capacity to deal with invasive species by providing information, advice and training to entities and officials who have been tasked with the management of invasive species  inform policy development, both on a multilateral and on a national level

  6. build international partnerships and networks to achieve the various objects set out above.

As countries become more aware of the implications of IAS, they tend to look inward, and focus on protecting themselves. The GISP partnership-based initiatives encourage countries to recognize that they cannot solve this problem by working solely within their own borders. By their very definition, IAS are an international problem. GISP helps bring together governments and other institutions to share experience and co-operate in efforts to address national and regional problems.

GISP works in a similar manner with international organizations to prevent the isolated, sector-focused approaches to the IAS issue that can lead to duplicative efforts and ineffective policies. For example, the GISP Partnership Network enables governments, environmental groups, and trade industries to work together and engage in positive, constructive dialogue. 

Examples of services provided by the GISP Partnership Network include:

  • Raising awareness of the IAS problem and potential solutions through relevant organizations and frameworks at national and international levels;

  • Creating linkages among governments, between governments and the private sector, and across disciplines;

  • Networking databases and providing a gateway for information on IAS issues and expertise;

  • Designing and co-hosting workshops on strategic planning, priority setting, and the development of new and better tools to address the problem;

  • Summarizing scientific and technical information in order to make it readily available to policy makers, scientists, educators, and other audiences; and

  • Supporting Partners in the design of projects and programmes to minimize the spread and impact of IAS.

The GISP mission is to conserve biodiversity and sustain human livelihoods by minimizing the spread and impact of invasive alien species.
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