The Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC) is a largely virtual institute providing on-line information services in the area of biological invasions research and management. Facilitation of international cooperation on the invasive species related issues, linking international research community and general public, managers and decision-makers as well as other interested stakeholders are among the main REABIC objectives.
The REABIC is started in 2001 as a web portal, providing access to the global, regional, sub-regional and national Internet resources on biological invasions (the Regional Biological Invasions Centre project, RBIC). At present REABIC is serving as an independent virtual data centre for applied research and management of invasive species focusing on the Euro-Asian region and providing online services for interested stakeholders around a World.
REABIC is hosting web sites of the International Society of Limnology Working Group on Aquatic Invasive Species (SIL WGAIS),
and the European Research and Management Network on Aquatic Invasive Species (ERNAIS).
Since 2006 REABIC is serving also as an official publisher of "Aquatic Invasions"
- an open access, peer-reviewed international journal focusing on biological invasions in inland and coastal waters of Europe, North America and other regions.
Currently REABIC is working on development of online tools for early warning systems on aquatic invasive species (see REABIC services for Early Warning Systems).
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