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1. Visualizing North America’s
Changing Environment
Karen Richardson
Program Manager, Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems
and North American Environmental Atlas
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
2. Commission for Environmental
Cooperation (CEC, CCE, CCA)
www.cec.org
• CEC is an intergovernmental organization
created by Canada, Mexico and the United
States under the North American Agreement on
Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) to address
environmental issues of continental concern.
• The Agreement complements the environmental
provisions of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994
• Three countries. One environment.
3. Commission for Environmental
Cooperation (CEC, CCE, CCA)
www.cec.org
• The CEC was established to protect the
environment of North America and the health
of its citizens.
• It brings together governments, civil society and
businesses to develop innovative North
American solutions to global environmental
challenges.
• Secretariat based in Montreal
• Reports to highest environment officials in each
country
4. Commission for Environmental
Cooperation (CEC, CCE, CCA)
www.cec.org
Program of Work
• Healthy Communities and Ecosystems
• Climate Change – Low-Carbon Economy
• Greening the Economy in North America
5. Workshop Goals
1. Familiarize users with the North American
Environmental Atlas (www.cec.org/naatlas)
2. Demonstrate how different layers can be
used to visualize environmental issues and
change across North America
3. Explore different formats for geo-spatial
analyses using reliable data
4. Explore different examples and related
resources
www.cec.org/naatlas
8. What is the North American
Environmental Atlas?
• An interactive mapping and information
portal to view and analyze environmental
conditions and trends from a North
American perspective
• Supports research, analysis and
environmental decision-making at national
and continental levels
16. Base maps
Airports Bathymetry Elevation
Glaciers and
Sea Ice
Lakes and
Rivers
Political
Boundaries
Populated
Places
Population
Density
Railroads Major Roads Shaded Relief Watersheds
17. Other map layers
Forests
Grassland
PCAs
Land Cover,
2005 Wetlands
Marine
Ecoregions
Marine
Protected Areas
Species of Common
Conservation
Concern
Baja to
Bering PCAs
Power plants
Commercial Marine
Vessel Emissions
Human Influence,
Marine
Human Influence,
Terrestrial
Terrestrial
Ecosystems
Marine
Ecosystems
Human
Influence /
Pollution and
Waste
97. Land Cover 2005
Temperate or sub-polar needleaf forest
Mixed forest
Temperate or sub-polar shrubland
Temperate or sub-polar grassland
Wetland
Cropland
Urban and built-up
Water
Temperate or sub-polar deciduous forest
98. Land Cover 2010
Temperate or sub-polar needleaf forest
Mixed forest
Temperate or sub-polar shrubland
Temperate or sub-polar grassland
Wetland
Cropland
Urban and built-up
Water
Temperate or sub-polar deciduous forest
99. Change
Temperate or sub-polar needleaf forest
Mixed forest
Temperate or sub-polar shrubland
Temperate or sub-polar grassland
Wetland
Cropland
Urban and built-up
Water
Temperate or sub-polar deciduous forest
100. Change
Temperate or sub-polar needleaf forest
Mixed forest
Temperate or sub-polar shrubland
Temperate or sub-polar grassland
Wetland
Cropland
Urban and built-up
Water
Temperate or sub-polar deciduous forest
103. Mérida Urban Sprawl (2005)
Yucatán
Country Club
Fraccionamiento
Montecarlo
Fraccionamiento
Los Héroes
Villas de Oriente
Fraccionamiento
Santa Cruz
Palomeque
Fraccionamiento
Paseos de Opichen
Ciudad Caucel
Fraccionamiento
Las Américas
Residencial
Kanasín
110. Pine Beetle Damage, British Columbia, Canada
2005 2010 Change
Source: NR-Can
111. 2005
Temperate or sub-polar needleaf forest
Mixed forest
Temperate or sub-polar shrubland
Temperate or sub-polar grassland
Wetland
Cropland
Urban and built-up
Water
Land cover change
112. 2010
Temperate or sub-polar needleaf forest
Mixed forest
Temperate or sub-polar shrubland
Temperate or sub-polar grassland
Wetland
Cropland
Urban and built-up
Water
Land cover change
113. Change
Temperate or sub-polar needleaf forest
Mixed forest
Temperate or sub-polar shrubland
Temperate or sub-polar grassland
Wetland
Cropland
Urban and built-up
Water
Land cover change
127. Exercise:
Tools to Map and Identify
Vulnerable Systems
1. Water Depletion in the Texas
Portion of the High Plains
2. Tourism Development in
Cancύn
3. Pollutants in the Columbia
River Watershed
129. What’s next?
• Land cover 2005 and 2010 /
Land cover change 2005-10
• Book on land cover change
in NA
• Updating of the Protected
areas database
130.
131. What’s next?
• Land cover 2005 and 2010 /
Land cover change 2005-10
• Book on land cover change
in NA
• Updating of the Protected
areas database
132. Show 1-2 examples up close? Just one layer or
combo (e.g. PRTR + watersheds?)
133. Questions to consider
1. How can this information and data help to
empower communities?
2. What are ways these data can be used?
3. What are the different scales that need to be
considered to be able to identify vulnerable
communities and ecosystems?
4. Looking ahead, what data are needed to
understand new threats and to avoid unintended
consequences?
5. Recommendations to make data accessible