Abstract
Building GIS Services for the NBII Northeast Information Node Track: Ecology and Conservation Author(s): Mark Becker The National Biological Information Infrastructure Northeast Node (http://nin.nbii.gov) is an electronic information network that provides access to biological data and information on our nation's plants, animals, and ecosystems. Data and information maintained by federal, state, and local government agencies; non-government organizations; and private-sector organizations are linked through the NBII-NIN gateway and made accessible to a variety of audiences including researchers, natural resource managers, decision-makers, educators, students, and other citizens. Key issues are the protection of drinking water supplies; the loss of natural landscapes critical as wildlife habitat and important to the long-term environmental health of the region; and the retention of a working landscape providing farmland and forest products, green space for outdoor recreation, and important buffer lands between urbanizing areas. This presentation will focus on the developing GIS services to meet the goals of the NBII Northeast Node. Mark Becker CIESIN, Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Palisades , NY 10964 US Phone: 845-365-8980 E-mail: mbecker@ciesin.columbia.edu |
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