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Introduction. Training Goal. Improve the interpretation, use, protection and access of Natural Heritage Information Centre data. Working with conservation partners to track Ontario’s biodiversity. Training Objectives at the end of this session you will be able to:.

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  1. Introduction

  2. Training Goal Improve the interpretation, use, protection and access of Natural Heritage Information Centre data. Working with conservation partners to track Ontario’s biodiversity

  3. Training Objectivesat the end of this session you will be able to: Describe the NHIC and how natural heritage data are managed to international standards. Use and present NHIC data in a secure fashion. Submit data to NHIC effectively. Access NHIC information. Understand the “Need To Know” principle. Properly interpret NHIC information

  4. Course Outline Introduction Data and Methodology Applications of Natural Heritage Data Data Sharing Information Management Web Access

  5. What is Natural Heritage? Natural heritage is all living organisms, natural areas and ecological communities which we inherit and leave to future generations.

  6. Natural Heritage Network

  7. MNR field offices Ontario Herpetofaunal Summary database Atlas of the Mammals of Ontario Ontario Odonata Atlas & database Ontario Butterfly Atlas Atlas of the Rare Vascular Plants of Ontario Ontario Parks Conservation Authorities museums & herbaria COSEWIC & COSSARO status reports recovery teams NHIC web Rare Species Reporting Forms NHIC & partner fieldwork Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas ANSI inventory reports & check sheets wetland evaluations Examples of Data Sources Plus data users and conservation practitioners like you.

  8. NHIC Core Activities Field surveys Species/Community/Natural Areas data development and maintenance Information dissemination (e.g. Web, NRVIS, NHIC newsletter and other publications) Scientific and technical review and reporting Landscape/Watershed biodiversity assessment/analysis projects Training and technology transfer

  9. Database SummaryDecember 2006 8,497 Natural Areas database records 15,627 Element records (2,681 tracked) 4,058 vascular plants (763 tracked) 1,451 non-vascular plants (384 tracked) 822 vertebrates (179 tracked) 8,351 invertebrates (411 tracked) 469 ecological communities 19,217 Element Occurrence records 59,683 Element Occurrence Observation records

  10. 992 Ecological Community Element Occurrences Dry Bur Oak Savannah, G3 S3

  11. 9,438 Plant Element Occurrences Western Silvery Aster, G5 S1

  12. 7,214 Animal Element Occurrences Lake Sturgeon, G3G4 S3

  13. 8,494 Natural Areas Sable Island Provincial Nature Reserve

  14. NHIC Contact Information Staff Co-ordinator Jim Mackenzie GIS/Data Support Pete Sorrill Zoologist Don Sutherland Project Zoologist Colin Jones Botanist/Herpetologist Mike Oldham Vegetation Ecologist Wasyl Bakowsky Natural Areas Ecologist Mike McMurtry Project Ecologist Bonnie Henson Biodiversity Information Biologist Cathy Darevic Biodiversity Information Biologist Simon Dodsworth Biodiversity Information Biologist Tanya Taylor Telephone 705-755-2159 Fax 705-755-2168 www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/nhic/nhic.cfm

  15. Next: Natural Heritage Methodology

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