Ecosystem Profile ECOSYSTEMPROFILE
Consider strengths and vulnerabilities of natural resources
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.
• Storm buffering
• Flood protection
• Stormwater management
• Erosion control
• Climate regulation
Consider the protective functions of key natural resources
• Clean air and water
• Healthy fisheries and wildlife habitat
• Recreation and tourism opportunities
• Sense of place
Consider additional benefits of key natural resources
• Development patterns
• Unsustainable uses
• Pollution
• Hazardous materials
Consider potential stressors to key natural resources
Ecosystem StressorsReply in chat!
What are some specific examples of stressors affecting key natural resources in your area?
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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
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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
Tools and resources for assessing ecosystem vulnerability and resiliency
Tools and Resources
Ecosystem-based Adaptation
www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/wetlands
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
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
Land cover change data sheet for 1996 to 2006
Miami-Dade County Example
Natural areas converted to development
Land Cover Change data downloaded from the Land Cover Atlas
CanVis Tool
Visualization
Alternatives
Communication
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
Exercise: Ecosystem Profile
What natural resources would
you conserve to prepare for
hazards and climate change?