Data Channels
The Conservation Geoportal included Data Channels and Sub-channels to organize and facilitate access to metadata describing data and maps in a given topic or theme. Channels provided quick access (2 clicks to content) to key data resources that experts consider important to the larger user community. Channels were managed by organizations and experts (channel stewards) knowledgeable about that theme, including:
- Conservation areas: Conservation areas can include existing legally protected areas, as well as areas of ecological or cultural significance identified through assessment and planning efforts. They represent areas where conservation activities are currently taking place or where one or more organizations intend to take action
- Species: Species distributions including amphibian, birds, fish, mammals and many others
- Habitats: Habitats and ecosystems
- Threats: Threats to biodiversity
- Environmental factors: Physical environmental factors including soils, geology, land cover/land use and oceanography
- Socioeconomics: Factors including population, economy, policy, culture, indigenous rights, ecosystem services
- Base map layers: Layers including roads, political boundaries, and satellite imagery
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