Marine Spatial Planning webGIS
Falkland Islands. Created with only Open Access software (QGIS, LizMap) to allow stakeholders and managers easy access to all the information relevant to MSP.
Check it out!
Spatio-temporal modeling of at-sea seabird and pinniped tracking and sighting data
In collaboration with BirdLife International. Analyses, modeling and mapping completed in R and QGIS. Published in Marine Policy; check out the workshop report that was used to develop the methodology. Also check the webGIS created to host the output maps for an easy access for stakeholders and managers.
Spatial scenarios of coastal development along the Great Barrier Reef
The eight scenarios were published on the e-atlas for ease of viewing and access by managers and stakeholders. Completed with ArcGIs and IDRISI. Check them out! and the paper that summarises how they were built here.They were created from a 1999 and the most up-to-date land use maps and scenario narrratives to 2035 translated into spatial rules. They were used by managers to understand how certain decisions can have unforeseen impacts locally but also in areas far away via socio-economic consequences and how they drive land use changes. In turn, the spatial scenarios were used for modeling marine uses and pollution to inform Great Barrier Reef managers on what kind of impacts various land management decisions would have on the Great Barrier Reef values.
Spatial Bayesian Network to model cumulative impacts of coastal development
The Bayesian Networks were produced using expert elicitation along with all data available and used to model multiple stressors from coastal development on key species of the Great Barrier Reef (e.g. seagrass). These Bayesian networks were spatially applied in a GIS using maps of all stressors with a spatial application for a certain area (e.g. 1 square km for the seagrass). Results were provided to managers at Great barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Queensland Government to inform coastal development decisions.
Satellite tracking of pinnipeds
Fieldwork and analyses of satellite tracking sea lions. Data were interpreted and presented to provide managers with best and accessible information to improve management of the species and its habitats (in a thesis; but also published in Marine Ecology Progress Series)
Proposal for a network of new Marine Management Areas and Marine Reserves
As part of a contract from the Falkland Islands Government, a proposal was drafted for public consultation around a series of Marine Management Area (MPAs but also MSP specific type area such as Port Areas). Check out the draft consultation document prepared.