Tools and Databases
PALNet
PALNet is a knowledge sharing platform for people working on protected areas.
Access to Website
MPA Management Effectiveness Website
WWF/ IUCN WCPA / NOAA
The purpose of this Web site is to provide information about the initiative, provide tools to marine protected area (MPA) practitioners, and to facilitate a learning network among MPAs to improve management effectiveness. It is a central location for general project information, project progress, relevant documents, contact information, and details on upcoming events
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Managing Marine Protected Areas :
A toolkit for the Western Indian Oceans
The Toolkit was designed to support MPA managers in the WIO by providing them with a hands-on guide to a diverse array of topics, ranging from Communications, Monitoring Coral Reefs, Energy Sources, Solid Waste Disposal, to Octopus and Sea Cucumber Fisheries.
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TerraLook
TerraLook provides free, recent and historical satellite images in a simple jpeg format.
Although no special software is required to use the TerraLook images, we do offer the TerraLook desktop software for those who wish to manipulate images and overlays.
Access to TerraLook http://terralook.cr.usgs.gov
The Assessment of African Protected Areas Database
This website - and report - is part of a first attempt at a large scale assessment of protected areas using objective continent-wide data sets and methodologies as opposed to case studies on individual parks or global assessments (e.g. Chape et al 2005). The website contain information on 741 protected areas, across 50 countries, and includes information on 280 mammals, 381 bird species and 930 amphibian species, and a wide range of climatic, environmental and socioeconomic information. The purpose of the work is to provide to decision makers a regularly updated tool to assess the state of Africa PAs and to prioritize them according to biodiversity values and threats so as to support decision making and fund allocation processes. We are continually looking to improve and update this website. We would be happy to receive any comments and suggestions as to how this website can be improved - more or better data or how to best present the data for example.
Alliance for Zero Extinction
The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE), a global initiative of biodiversity conservation organizations, aims to prevent extinctions by identifying and safeguarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing.
The goal of the Alliance is to create a front line of defense against extinction by eliminating threats and restoring habitat to allow species populations to rebound
Website http://www.zeroextinction.org/
