Tools for Coastal- Marine Ecosystem- Based Management SUMBER: usk2.geo.orst.edu/cai/BIDI_Jul2007/EBM_Overview.ppt

Tools for Coastal-Marine Ecosystem-Based

Management

SUMBER: usk2.geo.orst.edu/cai/BIDI_Jul2007/EBM_Overview.ppt

EBM Tools Network

Developing and Supporting Tools for Coastal-Marine EBM


EBM Tools Network Goals

• Develop knowledge base of existing EBM tools and increase access to and evaluation of tools

• Determine tool functionality needed for EBM and promote development of tools to fill gaps

• Promote tool interoperability and sustainability• Develop and promote best practices for using EBM tools• Build capacity for using EBM tools

– Develop EBM tools trainings and toolkits– Provide support for tool use in on-the-ground EBM projects


What is EBM?

• Accounts for ecological, social, and economic goals

• Incorporates understanding of ecosystem processes

• Considers ecological boundaries, not just political

• Uses adaptive management• Accounts for uncertainty• Engages multiple stakeholders in

collaborative process


EBM Tools

• Primarily software• Goals for tools:

– Account for multiple, competing objectives

– Provide models of and account for ecosystem processes

– Account for uncertainty– Engage multiple stakeholders in

collaborative process• Decision support not decision

maker


EBM Process

Characterize the Context

for EBM

Set Goals, Analyze

Scenarios, and Select

Actions

Implement Actions,

Monitor, and Adaptively

Manage

Engage Stakeholders


Where Tools Can Help

Characterizing the Context for EBM-Develop conceptual models of ecosystems, human systems, and interactions

-Identify watersheds/marine areas affecting potential management actions-Help translate local knowledge into geospatial data

Setting Goals, Analyzing Scenarios, and Selecting Actions

-Develop quantitative models of ecosystems, human systems, and interactions- Map and rank threats according to potential impact on goals

- Generate scenarios of ecological and economic repercussions of potential management actions

- Evaluate costs of potential management actions relative to goal achievement- Facilitate stakeholder visualization of/voting on potential management actions


ManagementDecisions

Land Use Planning Tools

Misc. Tools• Dispersal and habitat

models• Hazard assessment

tools• Data and project management tools

Fisheries Management

Tools

Marine Ecosystem Models

Conservation/Restoration Area Selection Tools

• Optimization

Interoperability not “SuperTool”

Stakeholder Engagement and

Communication Tools• Electronic voting

• Conceptual models• Ecological “games”• Visualization tools

• Mind mapping tools

Socioeconomic Tools

• Economic models• Local knowledge

tools• Political/regulatory

tools

Watershed Models

Decision Support Tools/Coastal Zone Management Tools


EBM Tools Database

• Developed draft EBM framework to determine tool functionality needed for EBM

• Identified currently-available software tools useful for coastal-marine EBM

• Sources of tool information:– Other tool surveys– Web searches– Interviews with developers– PlaceMatters land use planning database

• Created tools database (80+ tools)


Priority Tools

• Selected based on:– Breadth of EBM tasks performed– Uniqueness of EBM tasks performed– Previous applications to EBM tasks– Perceived sustainability (including platform

type, user support available)


ManagementDecisions

Land Use Planning

Tools• What If?

Fisheries Management

Tools

Marine Ecosystem

Models• ATLANTIS

• EwE

Conservation/Restoration Area Selection Tools

• C-Plan• MARXAN

• NatureServe Vista

Preliminary Priority Tools

Stakeholder Engagement and

Communication Tools• CommunityViz

Socioeconomic Tools• OCEAN• IMPLAN

Watershed Models

• BASINS/AQUATOX• N-SPECT

• ISAT

Decision Support Tools

• EMDS

Hazard Assessment

Tools• CVAT


Marine Ecosystem Model: Atlantis

Climate and oceanography

BiogeochemistryHydrographicsubmodel

Biologicalsubmodel

Habitat

Fisheriessubmodel

Slide courtesy of Phil Levin and Beth Fulton, NOAA


Marine Ecosystem Model: Atlantis

Fisheries Submodel:• Simulates fleet dynamics and

management decisions• Simulate different gear types and

estimates spatial allocation of impact by gear type

• Can deal with issues related to: – MPAs– Gear selectivity, discarding practices,

bycatch– Effort management

Slide courtesy of Phil Levin and Beth Fulton, NOAA


Watershed Model: N-SPECT

• Base Layer:– Land cover– Elevation– Precipitation – Soil characteristics

• Output Information:– Surface water runoff– Nonpoint pollution– Erosion

Slide courtesy of NOAA CSC


ArcGIS Extension

Sensitivity Analyses

Multiple Scenarios

3D Visualization Environmental, Economic,

Social Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement Tool: CommunityViz

Slide courtesy of Doug Walker, PlaceWaysSUMBER: usk2.geo.orst.edu/cai/BIDI_Jul2007/EBM_Overview.ppt

Development

Conservation

Community Planning

Urban Planning

Resource Management

Transportation

Parks

Agriculture

Stakeholder Engagement Tool: CommunityViz

Slide courtesy of Doug Walker, PlaceWaysSUMBER: usk2.geo.orst.edu/cai/BIDI_Jul2007/EBM_Overview.ppt

Socioeconomic Tool: OCEAN

Slide courtesy of Charles Steinback, EcotrustSUMBER: usk2.geo.orst.edu/cai/BIDI_Jul2007/EBM_Overview.ppt

Socioeconomic Tool: OCEAN Assess the

impacts of fleet reduction on habitat and coastal communities

Capture “local knowledge” of fishermen on relative importance of their fishing grounds

Slide courtesy of Charles Steinback, Ecotrust


Conservation Site Selection Tool: NatureServe Vista

• Analyzes conflict between conservation goals and land use scenarios

• Creates conservation value maps for target species or features

• Aggregates maps to determine compatibility of proposed land use with environmental goals

Slide courtesy of Patrick Crist, NatureServe


Conservation Site Selection Tool: NatureServe Vista

Slide courtesy of Patrick Crist, NatureServeSUMBER: usk2.geo.orst.edu/cai/BIDI_Jul2007/EBM_Overview.ppt

Tool Needs

• Framework tools to support EBM process• Tools that:

– Account for socioeconomic factors– Account for land-sea interaction– Include confidence/uncertainty estimates– Support EBM implementation

• Deal with political and regulatory hurdles• Help develop realistic budgets

– Help develop and implement monitoring plans– Help mine and process data

• Sustainable funding models for tools


Next Steps

• Add other relevant tools to database• Finalize list of priority tools• “Lift up the hood” engineering evaluations• Survey developers to learn about funding

models for tools• Work with willing tool developers to

develop suite of interoperable tools for EBM implementation


www.ebmtools.org


http://www.ebmtools.org/

www.ebmtools.org (Find Tools)



www.ebmtools.org (Find Tools)



www.ebmtools.org (About EBM Tools)



www.ebmtools.org (About EBM Tools)



www.ebmtools.org

• Additional information:– Tool needs– Guidance for using tools***– Guidelines for developing tools***– Available tools training– Available data– Funding opportunities– Relevant meetings and conferences– Other EBM tool resources

• Case studies of EBM tools use***SUMBER: usk2.geo.orst.edu/cai/BIDI_Jul2007/EBM_Overview.ppt

Other Network Activities

• Develop guidelines for tool engineering, sustainability, interoperability

• RFP for tool development through Duke University in 2007

• Develop EBM tools training and toolkits– Coastal Zone 07– Estuarine Research Federation 07– Add tools module to NOAA CSC Coastal Community Planning and

Development training– Add tools module to NOAA CSC EBM training


Bridging The Divide Initiative

• Integrate scientific and community planning tools• Help coastal communities plan and develop sustainably• Full-time Fellow, Susan Crow, starting this month• Pilot projects in select coastal communities

– RFP in 2008


Input Wanted!

• How to improve website• New tools, data sources, trainings, etc.• Case studies of tool use• Distribute information about website• Tool needs of EBM practitioners

– Coastal zone managers– NERRS, Marine Sanctuary, MPA managers– Sea Grant Network– Other coastal habitat managers, fisheries managers, and local

planning officials


Tools for Coastal- Marine Ecosystem- Based Management SUMBER: usk2.geo.orst.edu/cai/BIDI_Jul2007/EBM_Overview.ppt

Documents

ebm tools trainings

ebm tools database

tools dispersal

evaluation of tools

development of tools

ebm tools network goals

assessment tools data

ebm process