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The Guanabara Bay Report Card
Bill Dennison April 25th, 2016
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university of Maryland Center for environmental science and the
integration and application Network
• UMCES formed in 1925 to provide practical environmental advice
• UMCES defines scholarship as discovery, integration, application, and teaching
• IAN was created in 2002 to address integration and application
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IAN’s aim is to enable better communication to empower change.
Who are we?
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IAN has three main focus areas
Develop Science Communication products Environmental Report Cards Science Communication Training
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Solving, not just studying environmental problems
• Dispassionate
• Embrace complexity
• Publish & funding via peer review
• Getting it right
• Passionate
• Simplify
• Publish & funding via stakeholders
• Getting it done
STUDY SOLVE
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Synthesizing information for less technical audiences
Synthesis Visualization Context
Synthesized data Illustrate key points So what?
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Developing a variety of science communication products
Posters Newsletters
Reports
Science Journals
Books
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Report Card Examples
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• Broad-level assessments of a region or system
• Communicate complex information
• Based on real data: transparent and defendable
• Provide accountability
• Engage communities
What is an ecosystem health report card?
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• Peer pressure is a powerful human motivator
• Educational report cards are a common experience
• Report cards synthesize large amounts of data
Ecosystem health report cards are an effective communication tool
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• Well received and influential
• Comprehensive package – goes beyond simple grading
• Visually appealing
• Being local – sense of ownership
• Educational
outcomes of ecosystem health report cards
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Report cards are a five step process
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• Top tier = Report card
• 2nd Tier = Newsletter, website
• 3rd Tier = Technical reports, scientific literature
• Base = Data
Report card supports guanabara bay monitoring and restoration
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• Agenda – 1 Day – Hands-on – Data rich – Fun!
• Goals – Review goals and objectives – Conceptualize the system – Identify values and threats – Identify indicators and data
to be used – Mockup potential product
Workshop agenda and goals