DIGITIZING CONSERVATION AREAS AND ACTIONS IN AFRICA

THE MAPA PR JECT:

March Turnbull and Alta De Vos*alta@mapaproject.org

MAPA in a minute

Points, lines and Polygons

Google Earth as a platform to tell the story of protected areas

Mapping Africa’s Conservation Landscape

Mapping Africa’s Protected Areas

The Conservation Landscape

Videos & articles

CRITICAL HABITATS

POINTSPROJECTS

COUNTRIES PROTECTED AREAS

Roads & boundaries

Blogs

WildlifeOther Google Earth-

And GIS Content

ConservationistsNGOsManagers

Google Earth layer

Online Database

Public

MAPA’s Mechanics

Information input

Information output

Categorizing Conservation

PROJECTS

Outcomes and Successes

Following Kapos et al. 2008; Salafsky et al. 2008, Conservation Registry (www.conservationregistry.org)

Generate Google Earth File to view search result on Google Earth

LISTED RESULTS

More Detailed information on Website, including:•Contact Person and details•Project documents (including publications)•Data•More links

Search on categories and

keywords

PUBLIC INFORMATION PORTALS

POINTS TO PONDER

What will it take to get the conservation community involved on this scale?

How can we develop the project to better suit conservationists’ needs?

Can we make sure that the underlying data can be used to identify gaps and measure conservation trends in Africa?

MAPA Websitewww.mapaproject.org

Workshopshttps://sites.google.com/site/mapaworkshops

Add your projecthttp://www.mapaproject.org/mapaSee http://www.mapaproject.org for help material

Download the layerhttp://mw1.google.com/mw-earth-vectordb/outreach/mapa/nl_mapa.kmlOrwww.mapaprojec.org

More about MAPA

Thank you!

The Mapa Project:

Kath PotgieterPeter LeveyErick NdavaJohann Groenewald

Google & Google Earth Outreach:

Julie SohnSean AskayKarin Tuxen-BettmanTanya Keen

Snowball effect

Andrew NashStorm van der MerweLizette Kleynhans

Everyone who has volunteered and contributed to the project thus far!