ecosystem profile consider strengths and vulnerabilities of natural resources
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Ecosystem Profile ECOSYSTEMPROFILE
Consider strengths and vulnerabilities of natural resources
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Video 2 – Greenseams
Go to the Roadmap website.
Adjust your computer volume, if necessary.
Click the ‘Greenseams’ title
Watch this video and think about how this story might relate to your community.
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• Storm buffering
• Flood protection
• Stormwater management
• Erosion control
• Climate regulation
Consider the protective functions of key natural resources
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• Clean air and water
• Healthy fisheries and wildlife habitat
• Recreation and tourism opportunities
• Sense of place
Consider additional benefits of key natural resources
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• Development patterns
• Unsustainable uses
• Pollution
• Hazardous materials
Consider potential stressors to key natural resources
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Ecosystem StressorsReply in chat!
What are some specific examples of stressors affecting key natural resources in your area?
ECOSYSTEMPROFILE
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• Development of beachfront
property, adding to vulnerability
and impacting dune protections
• Proliferation of individual
docks, causing wetland impacts
and losses
Ecosystem Stressors
ECOSYSTEMPROFILE
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• Continued development in floodplain
• Site specific planning
• Altering the natural landscape
Consider current policies affects on the future vulnerability of natural resources
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Tools and resources for assessing ecosystem vulnerability and resiliency
Tools and Resources
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Ecosystem-based Adaptation
www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/wetlands
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Green Infrastructure
• Multi-objective planning
• Identify landscapes that provide community benefits
• Use as a dataset in the Roadmap process
Trainings available through the Digital Coast…..
• Introducing Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience
• GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning
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C-CAP Land Cover AtlasLand cover and land change information for coastal regions
Available through the Digital Coast
• Provides useful county-level summaries
• Data are available for download and use in GIS
• Produces printable PDF reports
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Land cover change data sheet for 1996 to 2006
Miami-Dade County Example
Natural areas converted to development
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Land Cover Change data downloaded from the Land Cover Atlas
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CanVis Tool
Visualization
Alternatives
Communication
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Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program
Because of EEL, the public now owns: 17,275 acres
•150 acres of Tree Island, Prairie, & Scrub•190 acres of Tropical Hardwood Hammock•550 acres of Pine Rockland•16,385 acres of Freshwater & Coastal Wetlands
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Exercise: Ecosystem Profile
What natural resources would
you conserve to prepare for
hazards and climate change?