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Social Media presentation on digital branding from Social Media speaker and trainer Dawn Raquel Jensen of Virtual Options Coaching & Training. @virtualoptions , @dawnrjensen
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A quick reference tool that supports the white paper, The Case for an Integrated Trade Compliance Strategy. It shows a road map of relationships, owners, and tasks that are intertwined when an organization is active in international trade. This road map can assist an organization to benchmark their current practice versus that proposed with an Integrated Trade Strategy.
Social Media presentation on digital branding from Social Media speaker and trainer Dawn Raquel Jensen of Virtual Options Coaching & Training. @virtualoptions , @dawnrjensen
For more information about Dawn visit http://www.dawnonfacebook.com or http://www.dawnraqueljensen.com
This e-book is an accompaniment to the book "Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills," more details here: http://www.davidsherwin.com/creative
"Creative Workshop" contains 80 creative challenges that will help any designer reach a breadth of stronger design solutions, in various media, within any set time period. Exercises range from creating a typeface in an hour, to designing a paper robot in an afternoon, to designing web pages and other interactive experiences. Each exercise includes compelling visual solutions from other designers and background stories to help designers increase their capacity to innovate.
Before the book, however, there was a quarter-long class where design students had to complete 80 projects in just 11 weeks. This Teacher's Guide describes the pedagogical methods behind the book, how to create your own Creative Workshop class or workshop series, as well as how to utilize challenges from the book most effectively in a classroom setting. This text is intended for teachers of design and creative thinking, but it may also be helpful for designers and creative managers.
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Bouquet Marriage Ministry often presents on the topic of intimacy (i.e. closeness) – especially on the primary ways in which intimacy is expressed to nourish a relationship.
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This is a presentation made by David Marshall at Keepers of the Water in Fort Nelson, BC September 2012. He is Executive Director at the Fraser Basin Council.
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Wetland Mapping & Conservation Efforts in the Fort Nelson area
1. An Overview of Wetland Mapping and
Conservation Efforts in the Ft. Nelson Area
Keepers of the Water Conference
September 29, 2012
Kevin Smith
Ducks Unlimited Canada
2. Presentation Overview
• Boreal Wetlands and Waterfowl
• Need for Information
• Wetland Inventory
• Conservation Products
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Treed Rich Fen Indicators:
water-tolerant vegetation (NWWG, 1988)
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Rich Fen Indicators (Buckbean, Wire Sedge)
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4. Wetland Abundance
• Wetlands make up 6% of the Earth (EnvCan, 2007)
• Canada has 25% of the world’s wetlands (NRCAN,
2007)
• Wetlands cover 14% of Canada. (NRCAN, 2007)
• Most of Canada’s wetlands (>85%) are in the boreal
forest. (Wetlands of Canada, 1988)
7. Wetland Values
Ecosystem services
– Natural Capital - Climate regulation Water storage and flood control
– Water filtration
– Transportation of nutrients
– Biodiversity values; homes and food for plants, fish and wildlife
• Including species at risk
(e.g. caribou, scoter and scaup)
Economic Benefits
• Market Goods
– Timber
– Peat (horticulture, energy)
– Wildrice
– Fish
– Fur industry
• Societal Benefits
– Places for recreational and traditional activities
8. North American Flyways
70% of waterfowl breed in
Canada.
On average, about 26
million ducks breed in
Canada annually.
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10. Key Concerns
• Impacts on hydrology through
industrial development
– Roads, wellpads, pipelines, seismic
• Cumulative effects of
disturbance
– Fragmentation
– Habitat loss
– Functional loss
– Increased predation
13. DUC’s Conservation Objectives
Identify key wetland systems
important to waterbirds
Determine effect of resource
development on wetlands
Work with industry and
government on policies, programs
and practices that maintain
wetlands and waterfowl
Partnerships are critical to these objectives
14. DU Approach to Conservation
• Increasing understanding and awareness
– Understanding policies & industry drivers
– Filling knowledge gaps
– Conducting science-based research and inventory
– Communication and education outreach
• Collaborative, partnership-based approach
– Understanding needs of multiple stakeholders
– Determining common goals
– Influence land use decisions, policies, and practices
• Adaptive management approach
– Use the best information available to move forward and
adapt as new information becomes available
15. Enhanced Wetland Classification
• What are we mapping?
– Development of a regional-based Boreal Wetland
Classification System
• No existing wetland classifications applicable to boreal
– Decision Hierarchy/Classification Scheme
• How Do We Map Wetlands?
– New technologies used to map wetlands at a regional
scale
Photo Copyright Gary Kramer
17. Enhanced Wetland Classification
Satellite Imagery
Spectral Features – Basis for Classification
Image Interpretation – complete view of project
area
Automation of classification
Ancillary Datasets
Model Spectral Confusion
Knowledge
Develop understanding of subsurface
Base controls on wetlands
Variable Availability
Field Data Collection
*Image analyst first person perspective*
High resolution training and accuracy datasets
Incorporation of ecological understanding of
processes that control wetland type/distribution
18. Methodology
Satellite Imagery
Pan Sharpening
Knowledge Base Imagery Interpretation
Tassled Cap/Ratios
Ancillary Data PCA
Multi-resolution
Classification
Segmentation
Masking Techniques
Membership Functions
Segmentation
Supervised Classification
Manual Classification
Field Dataset
Training Data Wetland
Classification
Accuracy Data Accuracy Assessment
21. Northeastern BC Mapping
Taiga Plain region
complete
Boreal Plain region to
be completed Spring
2013
22. Ft Nelson Project Wetlands
Wetlands Composition of Project Area
Upland, 25.2% Swamp, 23.0%
Fen, 27.3% Bog, 21.9%
Marsh, 0.3% Open Water, 2.3%
23. Conservation Solutions
• Increasing knowledge around boreal wetlands
– Field Guide to Wetlands
– Wetlands Training – Wetlands 101
– Wetland Fact Sheets
– Development of Operational Field Guides (Dos
and Donts)
25. Current Conservation Solution
Initiatives
• Criteria for and mapping of important
wetlands for waterfowl and other ecological
values
• Mapping Trumpeter Swan wetlands
• Assessment of Current Industrial Practices and
Guidelines (wetland/wildlife)
– Roads (location, construction)
– Habitat protection elements