ODINCARSA Planning Meeting II, December 7-10, 2009

OutlineCaribbean Marine Atlas Inception

Importance of access to environmental dataAMA example

CMA DevelopmentStakeholder meetingTraining workshopsCMA prototype

Future of the CMARegional atlasNational atlas development

Importance of access to environmental dataData Management for Policy Making

Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) Data required for planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluationRegional scale information availabilityCommunication with policy makers

Inter and intradepartmental data sharingNeed easy access to restricted dataData quality and metadata standardsImproved data sharingData and information warehousing

Communication with publicCentral access point for marine dataEnhance data and data product deliveryReduce product delivery overhead

African Marine Atlas

AMA ProjectODINAFRICA Initiative

1 Year startupHosted by IODECaribbean Project

Improved decision-making

Regional collaborationCapacity buildingImproved data accessImproved data delivery and communication

CMA Project Development1st Stakeholder Meeting for the Development of the CMA Project (October 8-10, 2007)

Regional information gathering workshop Participants from 6 Caribbean countriesCore initiative with scope for expansion

Workshop GoalsTo inform the participating countries of the potential benefits of a Caribbean Marine AtlasTo identify current national coastal zone management arrangementsTo identify national and regional coastal and marine issues that could be the focus of the Caribbean Marine AtlasTo identify the national resource requirements of the participating countries to enable full participation in a Caribbean Marine Atlas Pilot ProjectTo prepare a draft work plan of a Caribbean Marine Atlas Pilot Project, for submission to, and approval by the respective national governments

Stakeholder MeetingCountries Priority concerns Specific issues

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Coral reefs R R N N N R R 21 Mangroves R N N N N N N 16 Seagrass 1N 2N 1L 1N 1N 1L 3L 18 Beaches 1R 1R 1N 1N 1N 2N 2R 19

Habitat degradation/loss

Forests 2N 2L 1N 1N 2N 2N 2R 16

Overfishing 1R 2N 1N 1N 1N,R 1R 1R 20 Unsustainable exploitation of natural resources Sandmining 2N 1N 2N 1N 2L 2N 14 Destructive fishing 2N,L 2L 1N 7

Sediments (turbidity)

1R 3L 1L 1N 1N 2L 2N 17

Sewage pollution (coliform)

1R 3L 1L 1N 1N 1N 1R 19

Agrochemicals 1R 3L 2N 1N 1N 3L 2R 15 Oil 2N 3L 3L 2N 3R 2L 2N 11 Heavy metals 2L 3L 3L 3L 3R 2N 2R 10 Nitrates/nitrites 1R 2L 1L 1N 1N 1L 2N 19 Solid waste 1R 3L 2L 1N 1N 1N 1R 18 BOD/COD 1L 3L 1L 1N 1N 2N 2R 17 Runoff (storm, grey water)

1N 1N 1N 1N 2N 14

Pollution

Hurricanes 1R 1R 1R 1R 1N 2R 1R 20 Tsunamis 2R 3N 1R 1R 3R 3R 1R 14 Sea level rise 1R 1L 1R 1R 1N 2R 1R 20

Natural hazards

Volcano 1R 3 Flooding 2N 1N 1L 1L 2L 2N 15 Earthquakes 1L 3N 5

High Priority

Medium Priority

Low Priority

Similar Priority Issues

Regional Priority IssuesCoral Reefs, Seagrass, MangrovesOverexploitationNatural HazardsBeachesLBS Pollution

Regional Data Access IssuesMost or all essential indicator data collectedData access from data holders tends to be problematic

Workshop Conclusions

Regional Data Management IssuesLittle or no data quality control (geographic, range analysis)No established metadata schemesLack of institutional resources

Personnel and trainingEquipment

For the AtlasIdentify geographic Area of Interest (AOI) for the Atlas Agree the topic outlineGather available data according to the scope of topics, geographic limits and temporal considerations Describe metadata and source location URLs Review gridded datasets for data value rangesConvert all data to appropriate GIS formatsShapefiles for vector data ASCII ArcGrids for gridded data and satellite imagery Geo-referenced images to accompany most arrays Clip all GIS files to the AOI Convert data to required products (e.g. seasonal climatological grids/contours) Convert these products to the correct GIS formats Create a browser interface to the GIS files, with links to the metadata files and source location URLs Publish the atlas on the Internet with a interface using static HTML pages Publish the atlas as an interactive Map Service Publish the browser-based atlas on DVD for dissemination Produce a hardcopy publication

CMA Requirements

For the National Atlas Coordinating GroupIdentify national teamleaderIdentify required training to participate in Atlas project Detail equipment requirements (and send to IODE secretariat)Identify if data are available in electronic or paper form Identify restrictions on use of data Locate all historical records available nationally Perform data quality control on data Conversion of data sets into shapefiles Import layers into national mapserver system*

CMA Requirements

CMA ComponentsData and Information Distribution System

Interactive, online mapping tool Collection of GIS data layers (vector and raster)User defined data frame within AOIGeographic features (scales, grids, coordinates)

Advanced data controlLayer list (one layer, multiple)Feature selectionResults tablesMetadata viewingLinks to websites, documents, auxiliary data

Data downloadShapefilesAttached metadataDocuments, images

CMA ComponentsThematic Data Structure

Geosphere Natural hazardsSoil typesLand use

HydrosphereBathymetryPhysical oceanographyChemical oceanography

BiosphereHabitatsMarine flora and faunaProtected areas

AtmosphereClimateWeather

Human EnvironmentSettlementsInfrastructureTourism

CMA Training CoursesBaseline Ocean Data Courses

Ocean Data ManagementOceanographic measurements (parameters, units, conventions), programmatic and technical aspects of data collection, data formats used for ocean data and their special characteristics

Data MiningData processing, metadata requirements, FTP folder schema and use

Atlas Specific Course Mapserver

Introduction to the mapserver open-source platform, map publication, mapping application design

CMA PrototypeBase application showing layer and map control

CMA PrototypeBasic vector information and labeling capability

CMA PrototypeRaster overlay of oceanographic parameters (Temp)

CMA PrototypeRaster overlay of oceanographic parameters (Salinity)

CMA PrototypeMixing of data types including virtual WMS layers

CMA PrototypeAbility to zoom to a particular area of interest

CMA PrototypeInclusion of classed data (Hazards e.g. earthquakes)

CMA PrototypeInclusion of classed data (Hazards e.g. hurricanes)

Future of the CMARegional Atlas

Publishing the CMA onlineAddition of querying and download capabilityExpansion of member countriesImproving interfaceAdding functionality

National Atlases Design and implementationPlatformIntegration with the CMA

Thank You