CBB: resources

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A Joint Graduate School in Biodiversity and Biosecurity has now been established between the University of Auckland and Landcare Research. The School will focus on postgraduate supervision and is an extension of the Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity. The university has made five part-time co-appointments of Landcare Research staff, so we welcome Prof. Bill Lee, Prof. Roger Pech, Prof. Dave Choquenot, Associate Prof. Thomas Buckley, and Associate Prof Dianne Gleeson. We will shortly provide a link to the Joint Graduate School, which will be based on the University of Auckland website.

Global Invasive Species Database - www.issg.org/database

The database provides global information on invasive alien species to agencies, resource managers, decision-makers, and interested individuals.

Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG)- www.issg.org

The Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) is part of the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Landcare Research databases & collections - www.landcareresearch.co.nz/databases

Includes the NZ arthropod and NZ fungi collections, the National Nematode collection and the International Collection of Micro-organisms from Plants.

Rats and Seabirds project - www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/ecosystems/rasp

Initiated in 2003, this project is using 20 islands in northern New Zealand as outdoor laboratories to investigate effects of alien organisms on ecosystems.