Italian Environment Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo announces the support to the Global Invasive Species Database of IUCN ISSG

May 21

Italian Environment Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo has announced financial support to the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD), it is the public database of the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of IUCN, which is recognized as the most authoritative and comprehensive database about invasive alien species on a global level. Following the appointment of Piero Genovesi as ISSG Chairman, the GISD database will be soon hosted at ISPRA (Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) in Rome.
The Italian Ministry of Environment is committed to provide financial support for improvements to the GISD, particularly integrating it with new information services, thus increasing support for the "decision makers".
The commitment of the Italian minister is a first contribution to the commitments made with the Syracuse Chart, signed at the G8 Environment, which seeks to develop and strengthen measures to prevent and control invasive alien species, including strengthening the world information systems.