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An invasive/pest/weed/introduction/alien status facet needed to parallel Conservation status facet #262

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
We need a way of identifying an invasive/alien/pest/weed species observed in 
the same way that we can now do with the 'conservation status' facet.

Invasives are extremely important to the Australian economy and we need a 
simple mechanism of identifying this class of species in any situation in the 
ALA. For example, SP Area reports need to list the number of 'invasives' in the 
area and link to a list of the species.

There is no standardized terminology of invasive 'status' but that parallels 
the differentiation of conservation status between States and Territories. 
Conclusion: We use whatever 'invasive' information is available to tag any 
species. People such as Melodie McGeoch are working on this internationally and 
nationally but we urgently need to expose some form of 'straw man' until the 
domain gets its act together. The 'straw man' will very likely play a key role 
in developing an agreed strategy.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by leebel...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2013 at 12:22

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by moyesyside on 17 Jul 2014 at 5:42