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Ecological Connectivity Strategies

National

An innovative tool to help plan and prioritise conservation actions.

These strategies can be used by community conservation groups to identify priority areas and specific actions within those areas They can help groups to gain the support of additional volunteers and communicate the importance of conservation activities.

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Each local strategy is presented as an ArcGIS StoryMap, spatially mapping the connectivity patterns of selected species visually; identifying the core habitats and linkages between the habitats; and determining the corridors of high and low connectivity.

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The interactive StoryMap platform helps to facilitate widespread engagement in conservation activities and allows users to explore connectivity and potential conservation actions in their own area of interest, thus increasing the environmental literacy of the wider community.

The project won the RMLA Award for Technical Documentation in 2021