Meeting of Ecosystem/Protected Areas/Informatics Experts

July 10, 2007

 Washington DC

Venue: Organization of American States
1889 F. St., N.W., 6th Floor Conference Room (Corner 19th and F Street) Washington, D.C. 20006

 

Advancements in the political and technical considerations in improving databases, metadata, tracking tools, geoportals, and with hemispheric networks to create a user-friendly, decentralized system for storing, managing and reporting on trends in coverage for all biophysical and socio-economic aspects of PA's and biological corridors.  

The OAS Department of Sustainable Development hosted a meeting on July 10, 2007 to encourage Interoperability between Protected Area Tools for Biodiversity Managers with the following objectives:

1. Share information on tools that are available for viewing and integrating geospatial or geo referenced data for Protected Areas;

2.Understand/share info regarding compatibilities/incompatibilities that result from use of standards/protocols;

3. Make recommendations for improving compatibility.  

The following speakers presented the following tools (and their interoperability pertinent):

Speakers -- PRESENTATIONS

 
Andrea Grosse (USGS)

 

Update on IABIN Invasives Species Thematic Network (I3N) Tools and advancements in the Global Data Toolkit http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/gitan   

 
Jerry Touval (TNC)

 

Assessing Ecosystem Conservation in South America  

 
Arturo Restrepo (NASA) http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Global Change Master Directory  
Diane Davies (presented by Minnie Wong) Department of Geography, University of Maryland -- Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)  
Woody Turner (NASA) Servir and TerraLook (for Gary Geller)  
Richard Huber (GS/OAS/DSD)  Update on IABIN Caribbean Marine Protected Area Database Initiative with MPAGlobal