Nick Paling's (WRT Head of Evidence & Engagement) overview presentation to the IFM- and SFCC-hosted 'Mapping Environmental Management Workshop' held in Edinburgh on the 1-2nd March 2016. To meet the growing threats to the environment and biodiversity posed by anthropogenic pressures and climate change; to make the most efficient and effective use of the limited resources available for conservation, and to fulfill our statutory conservation targets, there is now a growing imperative for conservation and fisheries management organisations to analyse and visualise spatial evidence to inform their work and to undertake landscape-scale conservation strategy development. As a result of this increased demand, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have now become a powerful and flexible tool used by many environmental scientists, ecologists and conservation biologists engaged in a wide array of work activities.

1. AN INTRODUCTION
TO MAPPING & GIS
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Nick Paling
Westcountry Rivers Trust

2. We live in a
world where location
underpins almost every
aspect of our lives….
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4. Locations NetworksAreas
HOW DOWE MAKE SENSE OF OUR
COMPLEX LANDSCAPES…?
Spatial data.
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5. SPATIAL
DATA
GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION
(EVIDENCE)
ANALYSE
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6. GIS
DATA MANAGEMENT
SPATIAL ANALYSIS
MAKING MAPS
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Habitats in Cornwall

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11. GIS
DATA MANAGEMENT
SPATIAL ANALYSIS
MAKING MAPS
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15. BENEFITS SUMMARY
13. Beaumont Leys
Pop – 16,480
37. Abbey
Pop – 14,926
6. Western Park
Pop – 10,609
8. Fosse
Pop – 13,072
16. New Parks
Pop – 17,128
21. Westcotes
Pop – 11,644
17. Freemen
Pop – 10,949
44. Castle
Pop – 22,901
12. Charnwood
Pop – 13,291
22. Coleman
Pop – 14,669
23. Belgrave
Pop – 11,558
35. Spinney Hills
Pop – 25,571
43. Stoneygate
Pop – 20,390
45. Latimer
Pop – 12,457
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16. GIS
DATA MANAGEMENT
SPATIAL ANALYSIS
MAKING MAPS
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20. AN INTRODUCTION
TO MAPPING & GIS
INTRODUCTIONTOGIS
Nick Paling
Westcountry Rivers Trust