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HABEaS - Hotspot Areas for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Resource description:

HABEaS stands for Hotspot Areas for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and is a free online geographic information system that provides information on biodiversity and ecosystem services to stakeholders in the Mediterranean Basin. Currently, it covers Portugal and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Author/Contact:

 

habeas@wwf.panda.org

Phone: (+351) 21 365 33 33

Fax: (+351) 21 365 32 90

Website: http://www.isa.utl.pt/ceabn/

Address: Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof. Baeta Neves Instituto Superior de Agronomia
Tapada da Ajuda 1349 - 017 Lisboa, Portugal

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Requirements:

  • HABEaS WebGIS can be used to gather data on biodiversity and ecosystem services and to create a conservation portfolio for a given area. This portfolio can then be presented to companies or entities interested in investing in biodiversity and ecosystems s
  • In order to implement a PES scheme it is crucial to adopt a credible and objective verification system, that allows investors to be sure the ecosystems services they are investing in are actually being provided.

Advantages:

  • The information included in HABEaS was analyzed and processed according to the Methodology for the identification of High Conservation Value Areas (HCVA). The concept of High Conservation Value Areas (HCVA) was originally developed by Forest Stewardship C
  • In countries where FSC certification is implemented there is a National Interpretation of High Conservation Value Areas, which results from a process of public consultation. By using a standard methodology, that is applied worldwide, HABEaS WebGIS can the

Constraints:

  • N/A

Development stage:

  • Full, working product