Lead: NIBIO; Co-lead: UCC; Other partners: SUA, NMBU, Community Organizations in Tanzania & Ghana
Background
Uptake and scaling out of knowledge for successful restoration and conservation are key to more sustainable mangrove ecosystem management beyond a project’s implementation area and timeframe. Knowledge that is made available, as well as data and information that are generated through WPs 1-4 need to be properly organized into a decision support system to be scaled up within and beyond the project area and time frame.
Objective
To Co-design and Co-develop the CoastMan DSS (Decision Support System) for mangroves ecosystem restoration and conservation. (Lead: NIBIO, Co-lead NMBU, UD)
Outcome
CoastMan DSS adopted allowing to spatially visualize information on mangrove ecosystems.
Output 5.1 CoastMan geodata base developed.
Output 5.2 CoastMan Decisions Support System (CoastMan DSS) co-produced.
Methodology and design
Data collected and generated within the project (WPs 1 to 4) will be organised in an open-source geodatabase PostgreSQL (CoastMan GeoDB) with the use of the spatial extension PostGIS. The data in the geoDB will be the input for the co-production of the CoastMasn DSS. It will be based on the open source WebGIS termed as Kilden (http://kilden.nibio.no), developed and maintained by NIBIO. Kilden is developed and is updated based on the state-of-the-art machine learning techniques.
The interface of the CoastMan DSS will be co-designed and co-produced with project partners, including vulnerable groups and relevant stakeholders through participatory approaches. The co-design activities will take place in the first year of the project, using the actual version of Kilden as a basis. A first prototype of the DSS will be released at the end of the second year of the project, including data already available. A defined group of stakeholders and end-users, including but not limited to those who participated in the co-design exercise will test the DSS. A final version of the DSS will be released in the second half of the third year and it will be updated until the end of the project with new data. NIBIO will maintain the platform active for at least 2 years after the end of the project to allow mainstreaming and scaling-out of the DSS for mangrove restoration and conservation in coastal Africa.
