About Conservation Connections

Description

Bird conservation is as complex as the lives of the birds. There are biologists, organizations, researchers, policy makers, and government agencies working on individual species, conservation plans, and research projects to better conserve these species. The US NABCI conceptual model expresses this complexity.

Undoubtedly, there is overlap in this work. The NC Conservation Connection wiki is a first iteration to increase awareness and transparency, combining information from disparate sources into a shared, connected network of conservation information. At its core of the current version is the NC Wildlife Action Plan – outlining habitats, species, and conservation priorities for the state. Connect other plans, projects, and organizations, and we begin to build a larger picture of conservation efforts as a whole.

Primary Components

There are several main components connected within this website:

• Species - pages with info about a particular species
  • Bird
  • SGCN
  • NC Knowledge Concern
  • NC Management Concern
• Habitats - current focus is on 2015 NC Wildlife Action Plan Habitats
  • Aquatic Communities
  • NC Wildlife Action Plan 2015 Habitat
  • NC Wildlife Action Plan Habitat
• Organizations
  • Government
  • Private
  • Non-Government
  • Partnership
    • Migratory Bird Joint Venture
  • State Wildlife Agency
• Projects
• Plans
  • Conservation Business Plan
• Geographies
  • Bird Conservation Region
  • Flyway
  • Joint Venture Region
  • Ecoregion
  • US State
  • Country

Secondary Components

In addition, there are several other components that are useful.

• Priorities
• Topics
• Best Practices

Some potential future components:

• Data Sources
• Concepts
• Literature/Reference

Help

There are several pages to help with entering data into the Conservation Connections Wiki:

• Contents
• Page Templates
• Creating a New Page
• Semantic MediaWiki Cheat Sheet