Environment Archives | Page 23 of 24

Environment

Climate Adaptation Knowledge Environment (CAKE)

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Jessica Viel

Partnering with EcoAdapt and Island Press, Blue Raster has developed a revolutionary online platform using ArcGIS Online and Drupal (open source CMS) with custom modules, which will be used for cross-sector and cross disciplinary information sharing on climate adaptation strategies. Since climate adaptation is an emerging field, no source exists as a single clearinghouse of information, and the Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) aspires to be this vital resource for scientists, NGOs and policy-makers encouraging the adoption and evolution of policy, science and management approaches to climate change adaptation. In addition to being a vital source of information, CAKE features a forum for managers, scientists, advocates, and educators to connect with one another and share knowledge and strategies. For more information regarding Climate Adaptation Knowledge Environment please visit http://cakex.org.

Southern Forests for the Future

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Jessica Viel

Partnering with the World Resources Institute, Blue Raster has developed an innovative tool to map the health of the southern forests of the United States. More than 200 million acres of forests, stretching from Texas to Virginia, are under threat from suburban sprawl, coal mining and resource extraction. Integrating YouTube, Flickr, WMS services, and KML, this Adobe Flex-based ArcGIS Server mapping application supports WRI’s initiatives of 1) increasing public awareness about these threats and providing useful information about the value of intact forest ecosystems, 2) identifying and developing options that direct economic incentive toward maintaining the health of these forests, and 3) tracking the execution of these initiatives and analyzing their progress. For more information regarding the World Resources Institute Southern Forests for the Future Project please visit http://www.wri.org/project/southern-forests.

Visit seesouthernforests.org to learn more about this innovative Drupal and ArcGIS Server Flex API application.

Forest Carbon Index

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Jessica Viel

Blue Raster has created a new application for the Forest Carbon Index (FCI) which compiles and displays trends relating to biological, economic, governance, investment, and market readiness conditions for every forest and country in the world, and helps provide a reference for the best places and countries to make investments in forest conservation. Designed by Blue Raster for Resources for the Future, and created using ArcGIS Desktop and the Flex API, this new application incorporates four different maps into a single tool that assesses the most effective places to invest in forest conservation. Resources for the Future hopes that this powerful tool will help policy makers and investors better identify where to invest their limited resources.

This application has been taken offline.

Adaptation Atlas

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Jessica Viel

Blue Raster is pleased to announce a partnership with Resources for the Future, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that conducts research on environmental, energy, natural resource and public health issues, to create an interactive mapping tool that will track and present the effects of climate change on populations around the world. The application, created using ArcGIS Server 9.3.1 and Flex API, allows users to track historical environmental patterns around the world, as well as to predict the consequences on regions of various hypothetical scenarios, which could include factors of pollution control, energy and transportation policy, land and water use, hazardous waste disposal, climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem management, public health, and environmental challenges in developing countries. We hope that this user-friendly tool will help generate support for Resources for the Future’s goals of improving environmental and natural resource policymaking worldwide. For more information regarding Adaption Atlas please visit http://www.adaptationatlas.org/.

World Wildlife Fund – Coral Resilience Mapping Application

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Jessica Viel

Blue Raster has contributed an ArcGIS Server Flex API application for the World Wildlife Fund to support the Climate Change LEADS: Linking Environmental Analysis to Decision Support project. The tool allows users to explore water quality patterns throughout the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. These results are based on quantitative landscape ecology and GIS techniques using existing and emerging data to perform an analysis of the spatial and temporal relationships between environmental factors and coral bleaching response to suggest patterns of resilience within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This is very specific to the Keys, but the scientific concepts if applied world-wide would provide one of the few “global” (near-shore environments) data sets and analytical capabilities.

Page 23 of 24