Harnessing Environmental Data for Decision-Making in IABIN Phase II

1. IABIN Phase II Harnessing the Power of Environmental Data for Decision-Making

2. IABIN Phase I - Accomplishments • Five important Thematic Networks have been established • Each TN has developed strong working communities, documented data standards, and a data ‘flow’ process. • A significant amount of standardized biodiversity and conservation data has been aggregated in Thematic Network databases and portals. • Specialized tools have been developed to analyze parts of the data to answer some specific questions. • All of the TN datasets have been integrated and made available for visualization and analysis through the IABIN Data Integration and Analysis Gateway.

3. IABIN Phase II - Challenges Create better conservation outcomes (sustainable development) in the face of • Direct development activities • Infrastructure • Energy • Agriculture / Forestry • Urban Growth • Indirect outcomes from development and other threat factors • Climate change • Invasive species • Natural disasters

4. IABIN Phase II - Challenges Sustain all of the critical foundational structures and functions that were created during IABIN Phase I Build the critical new capacities, partners and other functions that will ensure successful implementation of Phase II.

5. IABIN Phase IIHOW DO WE MAKE IT HAPPEN 1. WE NEED TO CLARIFY OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (TODAY) 2. WE NEED TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS PLAN (TODAY) 3. WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE BUSINESS PLAN (TOMORROW) • APPOINT A TEAM AND PROCESS • IDENTIFY AND ACT ON OPPORTUNITIES

6. IABIN Phase II: Support Regional / National Planning and Decision Making Processes • Support the development of national biodiversity baselines. • Develop national level biodiversity and environmental indicators. • Complete national gap analyses based on features of identified conservation value. • Identify efficient means to strategically fill conservation gaps with new Protected Areas and conservation ‘corridors’. • Support the development, implementation and monitoring of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans through improved application of baseline biological and ecological information. IABIN data and tools should be used to:

7. IABIN Phase II: Support Regional / National Planning and Decision Making Processes • Support the implementation of national, regional and project level environmental assessment and monitoring programs. • Integrate ecosystem service value information critical for sustainable development across the region with the biodiversity and conservation values. • Identify significant threats and change agents that could alter the landscape integrity for these biodiversity and ecosystem service values. • Support the development of national invasive species strategies. IABIN data and tools should be used to:

8. IABIN Phase II Examples of Important Activities to Continue and to Start Implementing

12. Regional Level Decision Support

13. National Conservation Databases

14. National Biodiversity Baseline

15. National Gap Analysis

16. DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE DECISION-MAKERS INFORMATION • Ability to upload and download data • Ability to securely manage data • Data search, identify and visualize • Data integration to create and save new maps • Filtering functions to visualize “items of interest” • Ability to run simple queries and generate visual and written reports • Ability to link to detailed analytical tools IABIN DIAG IABIN Portal: Thematic Networks • Scientists and the Conservation • Community • National Planning and Permitting Agencies • Multi-Lateral Development Banks • Corporations and Consultants • Civil Society Ecosystem TN Species and Specimen TN Pollinators TN Invasives TN Protected Areas TN ADVANCED TOOLS AND ANALYTICAL METHODS Data Basin Information Holdings • Analyses • National Biodiversity Strategy and Actions Plans • National and Regional Planning Permitting and Planning Processes • Mitigation, Compensation and Offset • Climate Change Adaptation • Corridor Analysis Existing Tools, e.g.: Climate Change Calculators NatureServe Vista Other Information Portals MARXAN Environmental Flow Analysis ESRI ArcInfo • IDB • GeoSur • TNC • CIAT • ESRI • Others Maxent InVest IABIN: PHASE II

17. Complete a Project Level Environmental Assessment Policy Analysis with a full Report

18. Cumulative Impact Analysis Watershed Data Index of Watershed Ecological Integrity Ecological Risk Analysis Threat Data • Dams • Mines • Road Density • Railroad Density • Human population density • Agricultural Lands • Cattle Density • Bridges

19. IABIN Support for Advanced Spatial Analyses Offset and Mitigation Analysis Alternative Scenario Evaluation Cumulative Impact Assessment Ecosystem Services Valuation

20. IABIN Phase II Day 2: Clarification of the Content Day 3: Develop Strategy for Sustainability

21. IABIN Phase II Questions for Working Group Discussion

22. IABIN Phase II:QUESTIONS FOR GROUP DISCUSSION • What are our objectives for IABIN Phase II -- what difference do we want to make? • What are the key questions that IABIN can help answer by providing data and tools to decision-makers? • Who are the most important audiences – users of the data – that we should be working closely with? • What are the best opportunities, environmental decision-making processes, we should engage in to make these differences? • How should IABIN be structured and governed to be successful in Phase II?

23. 1. Identify facilitator for each group2. Identify note taker for each group.3. Identify presenter for each group. Working Group Discussion Process