Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

an intergovernmental organization for

global change research

socio-economic implications

international cooperation

open exchange of information

to augment the science capacity and

guide policy

issues:

climate change and variability

ecosystems, biodiversity, landuse/cover, water resources

human dimensions and policy implications

risk - exposure - vulnerability

regional analyses

science - communication - decisions

some program goals

use conservation biology, ecology, biogeochemistry, remote sensing, sociology, anthropology, policy analysis, agriculture, forestry to develop comprehensive understanding….

understand and predict the behaviour of ecosystems and the displacement of their boundaries under environmental change

establish links between biodiversity, ecosystem function ecosystem services

characterize patterns and drivers of land use change

climate gradients - observations, models, scenarios

ecosystems - maps, properties, function

landuse - maps, drivers and impacts

trends, risks, opportunities

the need for links in time and space

Beyond GIS:

tiling and addressing:

ISEA3H cell division with PYXIS ordering and tiling

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from point data to area data

unique handles forarea data and informationat any scale

PYXIS

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spatially explicit decision support

PYXIS

from decision support to decision (SENSOR)

SENSOR scenario game

facilitate the path from data to enduser interface

research data models information synthesis knowledge judgment decision action monitoringfeed-back