EBM Tool Demonstration Webinars
The EBM Tool Demonstration Webinar Series provides a way to learn about tools quickly (webinars typically last 1 hour) to determine their suitability for specific EBM projects. Webinars are held 1-3 times per month.
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Upcoming EBM Tool Demonstration Webinars
Demonstration of the Digital Coast Coastal Inundation Toolkit by Steph Beard, Jodie Sprayberry and Billy Brooks of NOAA Coastal Services Center (September 23, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT). The Coastal Inundation Toolkit walks communities through an approach for understanding and addressing coastal inundation issues. The Toolkit covers understanding basic information about coastal inundation, identifying exposure and potential impacts, mapping potential inundation and impacts, assessing community risks and vulnerability, and communicating risk strategies to initiate change. The Toolkit also provides case studies of how other communities are addressing this issue. This webinar will provide a brief overview of the Digital Coast, followed by a tour of the Toolkit, ending with a more in depth demonstration of two specific components within the Toolkit: Coastal County Snapshots and the Inundation Mapping Guidebook. Coastal County Snapshots provide communities with a map and reports on a county’s demographics, infrastructure, and environment within the flood zone. The Inundation Mapping Guidebook covers ways to obtain and prepare elevation data and water levels, and map and visualize inundation. Learn more about the Coastal Inundation Toolkit at www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/inundation. Register for this webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/621728121.
Demonstration of Marine InVEST by Anne Guerry of the Natural Capital Project (October 12, 2010 at 3 pm US EDT/Noon US PDT). The Marine Team of the Natural Capital Project is developing and applying the Marine InVEST tool (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs), a suite of spatially-explicit ecosystem service models. Marine InVEST is used to map and model ecosystem service flows and their changes under alternative management scenarios to elucidate the true costs and benefits of natural resource management options. The tool is applicable across multiple scales in coastal and marine regions with diverse habitats, policy questions, and stakeholders. To ensure maximum flexibility, ecosystem services are modeled individually, and the complexity of the model is determined by the questions to be answered and the availability of data. Examples of questions that Marine InVEST can help answer are “what kinds of coastal management and fisheries policies will give the best return for sustainable fisheries, shoreline, protection, and tourism?”, “are revenues from activities such as recreational fishing or scuba diving likely to rise or fall under a new fisheries management program?”, and “what benefits does marine spatial planning provide to society in addition to food from fishing and aquaculture and secure locations for wind or wave-energy facilities?” This presentation will demonstrate the tool, the validation process, its initial application in a spatial planning process on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and a new application in Belize. Learn more about Marine InVEST at www.naturalcapitalproject.org. Register for this webinar at www1.gotomeeting.com/register/342863777. Note: This webinar will build on a first InVEST webinar to be held May 19, 2010.
Presentation on the Creating Resilient Communities EBM Tool Demonstration Project by Jocelyn Hittle of PlaceMatters (November 17, 3 pm US EST/Noon US PST). The Creating Resilient Communities project, supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation as an EBM Tool Demonstration project, is working with three counties in coastal South Carolina (Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties) to model possible future scenarios for the region and evaluate possible outcomes related to natural hazards, sea level rise, community vulnerability, and biodiversity conservation. The region includes both urban areas (the cities of Charleston and North Charleston) as well as extensive rural and suburban areas, and its population is growing rapidly. The marine and coastal ecosystems of the region are facing significant pressures and threats related to growth, development, and resource use as well as hurricanes, storm surges and flooding, and rising sea levels. Three tools- NatureServe Vista, NOAA’s Community Resilience and Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit, and PlaceWay’s CommunityViz- are being used for the modeling and analysis. The project has encountered a number of substantial implementation challenges typical of tool use projects, including difficulties gathering usable data, engaging decision makers and the community, and working within local government planning processes. This presentation will give an overview of the project- including a brief overview of the toolkit involved- and will discuss obstacles encountered, possible ways of surmounting common obstacles with tool use, and lessons learned in this process. Learn more about the project at http://resilient-communities.org. Register for this webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/796010449. Please note: This webinar will be 1.5 hours to allow sufficient time to present the overall project as well as the toolkit and answer questions on both.
Demonstration of CanVis by Chris Haynes of NOAA Coastal Services Center (December 14, 2 pm EDT/11 am PDT/7 pm GMT). CanVis is easy-to-use image editing software that allows natural resource professionals with minimal computer skills to create photo-realistic simulations for visualizing potential impacts from coastal development or sea level rise. Users create visual simulations by duplicating elements already in a digital photograph, adding elements from other images to a digital photograph, and/or taking advantage of CanVis’s extensive element library to insert elements (such as hotels, houses, marinas) into digital photographs. The software also allows elements to be resized, color-adjusted, and have shadows added to create realistic looking simulations, and it allows text to be added to photographs. Tutorial videos show how to use each editing tool. Learn more about CanVis at http://csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/canvis. Register for this webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/863446240.
Demonstration of Ecosystem Assessment and Reporting Tool by Steve Schill of The Nature Conservancy (January 27, 2011 at 2 pm US EST/11 am US PST). The Ecosystem Assessment and Reporting (EAR) tool is a decision-support tool that synthesizes biodiversity, socioeconomic and protected area datasets and provides reports and maps for prioritizing conservation action on the ground. The EAR tool has been designed around The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) approach for calculating “Effective Conservation” (Higgins et al, 2007). This approach is a way of measuring progress towards achieving established conservation goals for ecosystems. An ecosystem achieves effective conservation when the biodiversity of an ecosystem is expected to persist as a result of conservation actions. The framework for calculating the level of effective conservation uses three measures in combination: 1) Viability Status - the biological potential for a given ecosystem to persist (e.g. ecosystem size, condition, and landscape context); 2) Threats Status - the degree of anticipated negative impact (i.e. socio-economic activity) to a given ecosystem (e.g. severity, scope of threat); and 3) Conservation Management Status - the likelihood that management activities will secure biodiversity and allow it to persist within a protected area (e.g. intent, tenure, and effective management potential). While methods may vary on how to calculate an ecosystem’s viability, threat status, and management needs, the design of the EAR tool provides a common framework for conservation decision makers to obtain direction on where to implement critical management actions. The tool is available in both Internet-based Server and ArcGIS 9.3 ArcToolbox Desktop versions. Learn more about the tool at www.eartool.org. Register for this webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/951703345.
Download Recordings of Past EBM Tool Webinars (by Date)
Webinars below are organized by the date they were held. Click here to find webinars by the name of the tool demonstrated or here to find webinars by the type of tool that was demonstrated.
Multipurpose Marine Cadastre 2.0 (August 26, 2010)
HD.Gov Web Portal (July 22, 2010)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 [Spanish] (May 11, 2010)
From ArcGIS to Web Maps: Simple Techniques for Publishing GIS Maps Online (April 22, 2010)
Google Earth and Google Maps (April 6, 2010)
Coastal Web Atlas Interoperability Prototype (March 25, 2010)
Marine Integrated Decision Analysis System (MIDAS) (March 10, 2010)
SLAMM and SLAMM-View (February 23, 2010)
Ocean and Coastal EBM Implementation Handbook (January 20, 2010)
Connie 2.0 (December 14/15, 2009)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 (November 18, 2009)
Participatory GIS (November 5, 2009)
Google Earth and Google Maps (October 27, 2009) ***updated
California Ocean Uses Atlas Project (October 20, 2009)
Science Communication Tools (September 30, 2009)
Integrated Land-Sea Planning Toolkit (September 22, 2009)
Marxan with Zones (August 26 and 27, 2009)
U.S. Legislative Atlas (August 12, 2009)
Reef Resilience Toolkit (July 29/30, 2009)
Coastal Resilience EBM Tool Demonstration Project (July 16, 2009)
Cumulative Impact Mapping of Human Activities on Marine Ecosystems (July 8, 2009)
Mitigation Ratio Calculator (June 4, 2009)
MPA EZ – the CCIF MPA Financial Management Tool (May 18, 2009)
Multi-species Community-Based Fisheries Monitoring and Managing Tool (April 1, 2009)
Social Network Mapping and Analysis (January 29, 2009)
Fishery Analyst (December 10, 2008)
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) (October 15, 2008)
EBM Tools Awareness Webinar #2 (September 16, 2008)
Models in support of decision making (June 24, 2008)
Communities at Sea Mapper (May 29, 2008)
Marine Reserves and Local Fisheries Interactive Simulation (May 15, 2008)
Restoration Prioritization Toolset (April 10, 2008)
Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) and the Ecoseed Project (March 26, 2008)
EBM Tools Awareness #1 (March 25, 2008)
e-Participation (March 6, 2008)
Download Recordings of Past EBM Tool Webinars (by Tool Name)
Webinars below are organized alphabetically by tool name. Click here to find webinars by the date of the webinar or here to find webinars by the type of tool that was demonstrated.
California Ocean Uses Atlas Project (October 20, 2009)
Coastal Resilience EBM Tool Demonstration Project (July 16, 2009)
Coastal Web Atlas Interoperability Prototype (March 25, 2010)
Communities at Sea Mapper (May 29, 2008)
Connie 2.0 (December 14/15, 2009)
Cumulative Impact Mapping of Human Activities on Marine Ecosystems (July 8, 2009)
e-Participation (March 6, 2008)
EBM Tools Awareness #1 (March 25, 2008)
EBM Tools Awareness Webinar #2 (September 16, 2008)
Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) and the Ecoseed Project (March 26, 2008)
Fishery Analyst (December 10, 2008)
From ArcGIS to Web Maps: Simple Techniques for Publishing GIS Maps Online (April 22, 2010)
Google Earth and Google Maps (April 6, 2010)
HD.Gov Web Portal (July 22, 2010)
Integrated Land-Sea Planning Toolkit (September 22, 2009)
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) (October 15, 2008)
Marine Integrated Decision Analysis System (MIDAS) (March 10, 2010)
Marine Reserves and Local Fisheries Interactive Simulation (May 15, 2008)
Marxan with Zones (August 26 and 27, 2009)
Mitigation Ratio Calculator (June 4, 2009)
Models in support of decision making (June 24, 2008)
MPA EZ – the CCIF MPA Financial Management Tool (May 18, 2009)
Multi-species Community-Based Fisheries Monitoring and Managing Tool (April 1, 2009)
Multipurpose Marine Cadastre 2.0 (August 26, 2010)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 (November 18, 2009)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 [Spanish] (May 11, 2010)
Ocean and Coastal EBM Implementation Handbook (January 20, 2010)
Participatory GIS (November 5, 2009)
Reef Resilience Toolkit (July 29/30, 2009)
Restoration Prioritization Toolset (April 10, 2008)
Science Communication Tools (September 30, 2009)
SLAMM and SLAMM-View (February 23, 2010)
Social Network Mapping and Analysis (January 29, 2009)
U.S. Legislative Atlas (August 12, 2009)
Download Recordings of Past EBM Tool Webinars (by Tool Type)
Webinars below are organized by the type of tool that was demonstrated. Click here to find webinars by the date of the webinar or here to find webinars by tool name.
Analyze data and develop models and scenarios
Make and implement EBM decisions
Develop conceptual models
Acquire and manage data
Acquire biological data
Download geospatial records of plants and animals
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) (October 15, 2008)
Plan and execute biological surveys
Reef Resilience Toolkit (July 29/30, 2009)
Acquire environmental data
Download environmental data
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) (October 15, 2008)
View and organize environmental data using specialized tools
Coastal Web Atlas Interoperability Prototype (March 25, 2010)
Acquire social, economic, and legal data
Identify providers of social, economic, and legal data
HD.Gov Web Portal (July 22, 2010)
U.S. Legislative Atlas (August 12, 2009)
Multipurpose Marine Cadastre (April 14, 2009)
California Ocean Uses Atlas Project (October 20, 2009)
Multipurpose Marine Cadastre 2.0 (August 26, 2010)
Gather data from fishermen about fishing areas
Communities at Sea Mapper (May 29, 2008)
View, organize, manipulate, and share geospatial data
Work with data using geographic information systems (GIS)
Google Earth and Google Maps (April 6, 2010)
Convert data to GIS-compatible formats
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) (October 15, 2008)
Share geospatial data over the Internet
From ArcGIS to Web Maps: Simple Techniques for Publishing GIS Maps Online (April 22, 2010)
Analyze data and develop models and scenarios
Map and model plant and animal habitat
Classify landscapes, seascapes, and environmental data
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) (October 15, 2008)
Model habitat
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tool (MGET) (October 15, 2008)
Reef Resilience Toolkit (July 29/30, 2009)
Model biological connectivity between sites or regions
Connie 2.0 (December 14/15, 2009)
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) (October 15, 2008)
Map and model water flow and related processes
Model runoff, pollution, and related processes affecting water quality
Integrated Land-Sea Planning Toolkit (September 22, 2009)
Model flooding, inundation, and wave exposure
SLAMM and SLAMM-View (February 23, 2010)
Model beach change and natural coastal sediment transport
Map and model fisheries and aquaculture
Summarize, analyze, or model fishing effort and catch
Fishery Analyst (December 10, 2008)
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) (October 15, 2008)
Simulate fisheries through time
Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) and the Ecoseed Project (March 26, 2008)
Evaluate fisheries without running simulations
Simulate ecosystems through time
Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) and the Ecoseed Project (March 26, 2008)
Identify and prioritize sites for conservation or other uses
Select sites interactively with filters and queries
Integrated Land-Sea Planning Toolkit (September 22, 2009)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 (November 18, 2009)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 [Spanish] (May 11, 2010)
Select sites systematically using Marxan and tools that interoperate with it
Marxan with Zones (August 26 and 27, 2009)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 (November 18, 2009)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 [Spanish] (May 11, 2010)
Integrated Land-Sea Planning Toolkit (September 22, 2009)
Select sites using strategies designed for specific types of habitat
Reef Resilience Toolkit (July 29/30, 2009)
Restoration Prioritization Toolset (April 10, 2008)
Map and model human communities and uses of the land and sea
Cumulative Impact Mapping of Human Activities on Marine Ecosystems (July 8, 2009)
Model future land use scenarios and evaluate against multiple objectives
Integrated Land-Sea Planning Toolkit (September 22, 2009)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 (November 18, 2009)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 [Spanish] (May 11, 2010)
Assess the economic value of the ecosystem services and wild areas
Identify laws and regulations relevant to the ecosystem
U.S. Legislative Atlas (August 12, 2009)
Make and implement EBM decisions
Develop, evaluate, negotiate, and communicate management plans
Conservation plans
Land use and general community plans
Integrated Land-Sea Planning Toolkit (September 22, 2009)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 (November 18, 2009)
NatureServe Vista 2.5 [Spanish] (May 11, 2010)
Integrated Land-Sea Planning Toolkit (September 22, 2009)
Marine protected areas and marine reserves
MPA EZ – the CCIF MPA Financial Management Tool (May 18, 2009)
Reef Resilience Toolkit (July 29/30, 2009)
Hazard mitigation plans and adaptations to climate change
Coastal Resilience EBM Tool Demonstration Project (July 16, 2009)
Water resource, watershed, and estuary management plans
Mitigation Ratio Calculator (June 4, 2009)
Engage and communicate with stakeholders
Gather stakeholder input at meetings
Educate stakeholders about EBM and making tradeoffs
Ocean and Coastal EBM Implementation Handbook (January 20, 2010)
Marine Reserves and Local Fisheries Interactive Simulation (May 15, 2008)
e-Participation (March 6, 2008)
Marine Integrated Decision Analysis System (MIDAS) (March 10, 2010)
Social Network Mapping and Analysis (January 29, 2009)
Science Communication Tools (September 30, 2009)
Make complex decisions with the assistance of software
Participatory GIS (November 5, 2009)
Monitor and assess
Monitor fisheries
Multi-species Community-Based Fisheries Monitoring and Managing Tool (April 1, 2009)
General Tools Webinars
EBM Tools Awareness #1 (March 25, 2008)
