Guided Search: Monitoring and assessment

Companies often fail to make the connection between the health of ecosystems and the business bottom line. Many companies are not fully aware of the extent of their dependence and impact on ecosystems and the possible ramifications.

Climate changes poses a daunting challenge to natural resource managers and in response the University of Washington has partnered with key collaborators to conduct a climate change sensitivity assessment.

AmericaSpeaks provides citizens with a greater voice in planning and policy-making by integrating keypad polling and groupware computers with authentic public deliberation. AmericaSpeaks has managed public engagement programs across the country and around the world, including the redevelopment of Ground Zero after 9/11, the creation of Washington, D.C.'s budget priorities, and regional planning processes in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Perth, Australia.

The Biogeography Branch's Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS provides a means to effectively develop sampling strategies in a geographic information system (GIS) environment. The tool was produced as part of an iterative process of sampling design development, whereby existing data informs new design decisions.

EMDS is an application framework for decision support of ecological assessments at any geographic scale. The system integrates GIS, logic, and decision modeling to provide decision support for a substantial portion of the adaptive management process of ecosystem management.

Dyna-Plan is a landscape-level ecosystem model. It is capable of simulating forest ecosystem dynamics while also optimizing forest management. These include policies related to harvest flows, percent of harvested area, and logging impact distribution on the land.

A free and easy to use tool for companies and organizations to map their water use and assess risks relative to their global operations and supply chains.