The Nature Conservancy worked with several communities in Northeastern North Carolina to develop the Community Rating System Explorer application (CRS Explorer app), an online decision support tool meant to estimate open space benefits and empower planners to fully participate in CRS.
TNC, Microsoft and Esri have formed a collaboration around geospatial technology and natural solutions for conservation and climate adaptation planning.
As part of the Resilient Coastal Cities and Coalition Building Project, TNC co-led a workshop on nature and geospatial technology for the recently established city coalition of Semarang, Indonesia
New Jersey’s Coastal Resilience work has been successful in both the number of towns and communities that have used the Restoration Explorer tool to identify and implement a living shoreline project,, but also through the number of partners that have also incorporated the tool into their engagement efforts around coastal resilience planning and project identification.
The newest Coastal Resilience application, Ecosystem Effects of Sea Level Rise, went on road trip around the island of Hawai‘i last June 12-16th.