Blog posts categorized by Environmental Report Cards
Participants at the ABMI Science communication course in Edmonton, Alberta. Photo: Caroline Donovan.

Communicating science effectively—working through environmental report cards

Brianne Walsh ·
3 November 2016
Environmental Report Cards | Science Communication | Applying Science | 

In September, Simon Costanzo, Caroline Donovan, and I traveled to Edmonton, Alberta for a science communication course sponsored by the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI). Participants had a diverse range of backgrounds and expertise, including researchers, planners, GIS analysts, communicators, and managers.

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Mekong Flooded Forest Landscape Report Card in Khmer

Mekong Flooded Forest – a sneak peek at a Future Card

Simon Costanzo ·
6 September 2016
Environmental Report Cards | Science Communication | Applying Science | 

Future Card: a report card that forecasts future ecosystem health grades based on alternate management strategies. The holy grail right? Well hopefully. This idea of a “future card” began 18 months ago while I was attending a meeting held by the Luc Hoffman Institute in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for the LIVES’s project (Linked Indicators for Vital Ecosystem Services).

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The main library of the National Taiwan University. Credit: Tidus Lin, Flickr Creative Commons

Future Earth's Coasts

Heath Kelsey ·
23 August 2016
Environmental Report Cards | Science Communication | Applying Science | 

I had the great opportunity to represent IAN and UMCES as the institutional representative to the Future Earth's Coasts Scientific Steering Committee meeting in Taipei, Taiwan last week. Hosted by JC Lin at the National Taiwan University, the meeting brought together 15 representatives from all over the world to discuss the scientific direction of the group for the next five years.

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Orinoco River Report Card cover.

IAN's first report card in South America: the Orinoco River Basin

Alexandra Fries ·
26 July 2016
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This blog is part of the Basin Report Card Initiative: a partnership between the World Wide Fund (WWF) and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) The Orinoco River Basin report card was released on July 6th, 2016 in Bogota, Colombia. This is the first report card in South America, and the first report card developed as a part of the partnership between WWF and UMCES.

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Barcos na Baía de Guanabara, o que embarcamos para o nosso passeio é o mais a esquerda.

Cruzando e conhecendo a Baía: as expedições ao Rio, Niterói e à Guanabara

Alexandra Fries ·
21 July 2016
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"Across and through the Bay: Rio, Niteroi, and Guanabara expeditions" (Portuguese translation by João Paulo Coimbra) Em 20 de Junho de 2016, Bill Dennison and Dave Nemazie, e eu viajamos para o Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, para a segunda seção do workshop com as partes interessadas para desenvolver o Boletim de Saúde Ambiental (Report Card) da Baía de Guanabara.

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Boats on Guanabara Bay, the one we took out for our tour is on the far left.

Across and through the Bay: Rio, Niteroi, and Guanabara expeditions

Alexandra Fries ·
8 July 2016
Environmental Report Cards | Science Communication | 

On June 20th 2016, Bill Dennison, Dave Nemazie, and I traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the next stakeholder workshop to develop the Guanabara Bay Report Card. We convened the workshop on June 23rd in neighboring Niteroi, a city across the Bay from Rio de Janeiro. There were some of the same participants as our first stakeholder workshop as well as a wider group of stakeholders from additional universities and municipal government offices.

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O time em frente ao Museu do Amanhã.

Quão rápido pode se criar e completar uma newsletter? No Rio, você só tem até amanhã!

Alexandra Fries ·
1 June 2016
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"How fast can you create and complete a newsletter? In Rio, you only have until tomorrow" (Portuguese translation by João Paulo Coimbra) Depois do nosso primeiro workshop com as partes interessadas no INEA na segunda-feira, 25 de Abril, Bill Dennison, Dave Nemazie e eu tivemos que nos preparar para nosso workshop mais abrangente com 200 pessoas na sexta-feira, 29 de Abril, no Museu do Amanhã.

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The team outside the Museum of Tomorrow.

How fast can you create and complete a newsletter? In Rio, you only have until tomorrow!

Alexandra Fries ·
26 May 2016
Environmental Report Cards | Science Communication | 

After our first stakeholder workshop at INEA on Monday April 25th, Bill Dennison, Dave Nemazie, and I had to prepare for our expanded workshop of 200 people on Friday April 29th, at the Museum of Tomorrow. This meeting brought together stakeholders from all around Guanabara Bay, and served to not only discuss the report card, but also to talk about governance, management, and restoration in the Bay. The team outside the Museum of Tomorrow. Participants at the workshop.

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O Rio de Janeiro e da Baía de Guanabara vistos do Pão de Açucar.

Bem vindo ao Rio! O primeiro workshop com as partes interessadas da Baía de Guanabara

Alexandra Fries ·
19 May 2016
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"Welcome to Rio! The Guanabara Bay first stakeholder workshop" (Portuguese translation by João Paulo Coimbra) O Rio de Janeiro é um estado brasileiro com cidades vibrantes (incluindo a cidade de mesmo nome) vizinhas à zona costeira da Baía de Guanabara e o Oceano Atlântico. A Baía de Guanabara é um sistema intensamente degradado em virtude da grande população, relacionada com a poluição por lixo e esgotos.

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