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The
Nature Conservancy
First project agreement
| Second project agreement
| Proposal
Thematic Network: |
Ecosystems |
Country: |
Costa Rica |
1. Summary: |
The Nature Conservancy has recently completed a comprehensive
ecoregional assessment of biodiversity and threat status of Central
America. Faced with the lack of spatial data and tools and the urgent
management needs of local organizations, the team developed a
science-based approach to conduct the regional assessment. Ecosystem,
landscape and species level biodiversity elements, known as targets,
that represent a full spectrum of terrestrial, freshwater and marine
biodiversity were identified and mapped using combinations of
biophysical factors such as climate, geology, land elevation and ocean
depth. Satellite imagery was used to create and validate habitat maps
that were reviewed by local experts. Human activities were mapped and
validated to provide a set of environmental risk maps that were used as
conservation area suitability maps. Appropriate models were used for
the three sets of biodiversity in the freshwater, terrestrial and marine
environments. Project results were reviewed and developed into a
portfolio of conservation areas that met the conservation objectives.
These results indicate important areas to protect as well as threat
status of critical ecoregions. One of the outcomes was a detailed map of
the various terrestrial ecosystems. It is proposed that the ecosystems
from the Central American Pine-Oak ecoregion be standardized and entered
into the IABIN standard format. The general aim of this analysis is to
test the standardization process and also to enrich The IABIN Ecosystem
Thematic Network (ETN). |
2. Period: |
September 11, 2009-Octuber 14, 2010 |
3. Amount: |
USD$ 14,066
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4. State: |
Completed |
5. Coordinator:
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Steven R Schill
,
Pablo Petri
,
Lenin
Corrales
, Maarten Kappelle
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Deliverables
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Progress report
Final report
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Spanish
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