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Integration of scientific data as a policy-making tool for managementof the coastal environment in BrazilSilvia M. Sartor 1 , Juliana T. Pires 2 & Claudio A. Oller 11 Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo (EPUSP), Brazilsilvisartor@gmail.com, oller@usp.br2 Post Graduate Program in Environmental Science, University of São Paulo (PROCAM-USP), Brazilpires.jt@usp.brIn Brazil, the growing economy has intensified the demand for licensing of new environmentalprojects or ventures involving coastal marine areas. Currently, the licensing process generatesapproximately 2,000 environmental impact reports a year. Together with political pressure for a morerapid response, a small number of examiners and difficulty with comprehending and integrating all thescientific data associated with an environmental impact assessment, contemporary tools are needed toexpedite the licensing process to keep pace with an expanding economy. Our research involves amultidisciplinary approach to develop computor or web-based methodologies as a more efficient andeffective process for managemant and review of scientific data to support planning, licensing, andmonitoring of projects and supervision of coastal marine areas. As a pilot study, we developed a webbasedGeoPortal Atlas Tool involving the coastal region of Santos, located along the central coast in SãoPaulo, Brazil. The Portal component of the tool is necessary for retrieving, selecting, and organizinginformation into a central database. In addition the Portal allows for real-time accessibility to originalresearch, reports, videos, photographs, graphs, tables and images. It corresponds to Spatial DataInfrastructure (SDI) methodology and allows constant updates when new data are generated. The Atlascomponent of the tool is the thematic map. In accord with the Terms of Reference (TR) for developing anenvironmental impact assessment, different themes may be used: coastal Biota; water, sediment and biotapollutant bioindicators; coastal current; mangroves and sandbank vegetation; balneability. Integration andapplication of the Portal and Atlas components of the tool allows for the study of one or more themes toevaluate correlations among themes and spatio-temporal modeling to examine causal relationships thatmay be associated with anthropogenic impacts on the environment over time. In our preliminary study,we used socioeconomic and environmental data from nine municipalities in Santos and biodiversityresults from sediment samples from the Santos Bay to create a database and various thematic maps toillustrate the application of the GeoPortal Atlas Tool. Thus, review of the proof-of-concept for theGeoPortal Atlas Tool by scientists and policy makers will provide valuable input to enhance and, perhaps,broaden its potential application in facilitating development, review, and interpretation of environmentalimpact reports, especially for licensing new projects that may impact coastal marine areas.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank FAPESP, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo,Brazil, for part of the budget used for conducting this research (PIPE 12/50972-6).214
A coastal information system for monitoring Colombian’s shoreline –COSTEROJose Eduardo Fuentes 1 , Julio Bohorquez-Naranjo 1 , David Morales 2 & Paula Cristina Sierra-Correa 11 Research Program on Marine and Costal Management and Information Systems Lab at Marine and Coastal Research Institute– INVEMAR. Santa Marta, Colombiajose.fuentes@invemar.org.co, julio.bohorquez@invemar.org.co, paula.sierra@invemar.org.co2 Geosciences Research Program at INVEMAR. Santa Marta, Colombiadavid.morales@invemar.org.coAbstractThe Marine and Coastal Research Institute (INVEMAR) designs and develops the Marine Environmental InformationSystem of Colombia (SIAM). Until now, SIAM has made significant progress in terms of information relatedto biological components. However, it is desirable to strengthen the information system with data concerningphysical components (climate, geology, and geomorphology) including coastal processes and broaden the oceanographicdatabase available. To enrich SIAM and contribute substantially to establishing management measures forcoastal erosion, a coastal information system was developed for monitoring Colombia’s shoreline (COSTERO).COSTERO is focused on coastal areas that are subject to erosion resulting from conjugated actions of tides, currentsand associated dynamics, including socioeconomic impacts. COSTERO exemplifies national efforts in Colombia toimprove shoreline management. COSTERO will give information necessary for understanding phenomena associatedwith coastal dynamics. Decision makers may conduct planning processes about coastal risk management in theshort, medium and long term.Introduction and relevanceTaking into account the combined effects of increased human settlements on the coast, the potential impacts ofclimate change like coastal erosion and flooding, risk management constitutes a priority activity. A research programon coastal erosion was established for the Caribbean and Pacific coasts in Colombia (Guzman, 2008). Thisprogram proposed a tool for data and information management at a national scale: the coastal information system formonitoring Colombian’s shoreline (COSTERO).COSTERO is defined as the technology platform (Figure 1) that integrates knowledge gained from science aboutthe coastal dynamics and its governance and instrumented in order to contribute to the implementation in the coastalzone of sustainable strategies and socioeconomic aspects in the long-term. Its main objective is to support the organization,analysis, and dissemination of data and information sources on abiotic environmental components of coastalareas of Colombia related to characterization and dynamics through the application of information technologies andcommunication strategies contributing to the production of scientific knowledge and decision-making regarding theprevention, mitigation and control of the spatial and temporal variation of the coastline with special emphasis oncoastal erosion.ImplementationThe system was designed and implemented in three stages. The first reached consensus with national experts, leftclearness in the institutional framework on definitions considered relevant to view the developments and tools thathandle national interest in coastal erosion. In the second part, the conceptualization, definition of users, methodology,requirements, logical and physical architecture, design and software development for the operation of the systemwere made.The last stage was the development of a website to access the logic tools needed to gather, organize, find andtransfer geographic and alphanumeric information on the climate, geology, geomorphology and physical oceanographyof the coastal area of Colombia. Integrated data and information sources in order to develop information productsand web services and statistical geographic outputs required for better understanding the phenomena related to215
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