digitizing conservation areas and actions in africa the mapa pr ject: march turnbull and alta de...
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DIGITIZING CONSERVATION AREAS AND ACTIONS IN AFRICA
THE MAPA PR JECT:
March Turnbull and Alta De Vos*[email protected]
MAPA in a minute
Points, lines and Polygons
Google Earth as a platform to tell the story of protected areas
Mapping Africa’s Conservation Landscape
Mapping Africa’s Protected Areas
The Conservation Landscape
Videos & articles
CRITICAL HABITATS
POINTSPROJECTS
COUNTRIES PROTECTED AREAS
Roads & boundaries
Blogs
WildlifeOther Google Earth-
And GIS Content
ConservationistsNGOsManagers
Google Earth layer
Online Database
Public
MAPA’s Mechanics
Information input
Information output
Categorizing Conservation
PROJECTS
Outcomes and Successes
Following Kapos et al. 2008; Salafsky et al. 2008, Conservation Registry (www.conservationregistry.org)
Generate Google Earth File to view search result on Google Earth
LISTED RESULTS
More Detailed information on Website, including:•Contact Person and details•Project documents (including publications)•Data•More links
Search on categories and
keywords
PUBLIC INFORMATION PORTALS
POINTS TO PONDER
What will it take to get the conservation community involved on this scale?
How can we develop the project to better suit conservationists’ needs?
Can we make sure that the underlying data can be used to identify gaps and measure conservation trends in Africa?
MAPA Websitewww.mapaproject.org
Workshopshttps://sites.google.com/site/mapaworkshops
Add your projecthttp://www.mapaproject.org/mapaSee http://www.mapaproject.org for help material
Download the layerhttp://mw1.google.com/mw-earth-vectordb/outreach/mapa/nl_mapa.kmlOrwww.mapaprojec.org
More about MAPA
Thank you!
The Mapa Project:
Kath PotgieterPeter LeveyErick NdavaJohann Groenewald
Google & Google Earth Outreach:
Julie SohnSean AskayKarin Tuxen-BettmanTanya Keen
Snowball effect
Andrew NashStorm van der MerweLizette Kleynhans
Everyone who has volunteered and contributed to the project thus far!