The North Pacific LCC Conservation Planning Atlas

The North Pacific LCC Conservation Planning Atlas (CPA; nplcc.databasin.org) is a data discovery, visualization, and analytical platform for stakeholders throughout the NPLCC area. The CPA is built using Data Basin developed by the Conservation Biology Institute.  It is an online resource designed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of landscape scale conservation and management within the North Pacific region.

On this portal, you will find data and information on projects that the NPLCC has funded since 2011 as well as landscape-scale data on aquatic and terrestrial resources, climate models, and land use information from a broad array of sources.  There are a series of “galleries” for different topics relevant for the North Pacific geography that contain a curated selection of data layers.  The CPA also includes mapping tools to visualize and overlay the various layers within the CPA, and access to additional content in Data Basin.  Users have the ability to browse and search our GIS Data Inventory of over 800 data layers currently identified.  The CPA provides tools for collaboration: Projects focused around a particular geography or conservation issue can develop “groups” that can be used to upload and share data, set permissions on data sets, and collaboratively visualize map products.

This poster will give an overview of this portal, with an emphasis on tools and data related to climate change in the North Pacific geography.   Key components and functionality of the site will be demonstrated.