LME Outreach Portal

Technical Analysis, Design and Development of Information and Outreach Portal/Website for Marine Conservation

Technical lead on ongoing project to develop an outreach portal/website for Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs). LMEs cover large areas of ocean/coastline, often spanning political/country boundaries, and are a useful tool to help assess/manage the resources and activities in these areas. The outreach portal is an IUCN led initiative, as part of a larger UNEP GEF project (Global Environment Facility), with the key objectives of raising general awareness and facilitating the sharing/aggregation of information, data and tools among LME practitioners. The project is in early stages, but the high-level plan is to utilise a range of web, data aggregation, and visualisation technologies to produce an dynamic and engaging portal.

Client: IUCN
Technologies: Web Development, Data Aggregation, Data Visualisation, GIS/Mapping, Cloud Hosting Services

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Click To Connect

Design and Development of Contact Database/Messaging Website for Large Conservation Organisation

Design and development of web-based tool to help users find and contact the most relevant department/group of a large, distributed, conservation organisation - IUCN's World Commission of Protected Areas for the marine environment (WCPA-Marine). The website will be responsive working equally well on mobile and desktop environments, support multiple langugages, and backed by a content database so group details can be updated as needed (by non-technical staff) once the site is up and running.

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Client: IUCN WCPA-Marine
Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, PHP, MySQL

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BioCaching

Design and Development of Mobile App for Discovery and Collection of Biodiversity Data Records

Full end-to-end design, development and publication of mobile app for California Academy of Sciences as part of a larger outreach project with the Biodiversity Heritage Library. The app was designed to encourage discovery and surveying of (historical) biodiversity records in a fun, interactive way, similar to GeoCaching. The solution was built to interface with both the GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) worldwide database and the iNaturalist citizen science website for recording and sharing the observations.

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Client: California Academy of Sciences
Technologies: iOS/Objective C

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Mission Blue Hope Spots

Technical Analysis and Consultancy for Marine Conservation Project

High level strategic advice and technical consultancy for a marine conservation project to help manage "hope spots" - special areas of ocean/coastline that have been highlighted for their biodiversity, ecosystems and importance to world ocean health. The project was focussed primarily on the (back-end) IT administration systems needed to support the life-cycle of Hope Spots, through the processes of nomination, designation and promotion/outreach once the Hope Spot has been declared.

Client: Mission Blue, IUCN
Technologies: Workflow Management, CMS/Data Management, Google Cloud Services, Web Development, GIS/Mapping APIs

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iSeahorse

Mobile Application for Citizen Science/Data Collection

Modifications and updates of the iSeahorse mobile app, part of Project Seahorse, an organisation foscussed on conservation of coastal marine ecosystems and Seahorses. The app is a customised version/fork of the core iNaturalist solution, published as a seperate app, but utilising the iNat website and API to record and share the sightings.

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Client: Project Seahorse/University of British Columbia
Technologies: iOS/Objective C

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Marine World Heritage

Design Mobile App Design and Development

Full Design, development and publication of mobile app to promote UNESCO's World Heritage Marine Programme and the individual sites designated with the prestigious World Heritage status. The app features an interactive map with accompanying information, statistics and media for each of the sites, as well as other general news, articles and links from the programme.

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Client: UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme
Technologies: iOS/Objective C

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Conserving the Sargasso Sea

Mobile Application for Marine Conservation Organisation News/Outreach

Full design, development and publication of mobile app to help raise awareness of the Sargasso Sea and the importance of protecting this unique environment. The app features an interactive map of the study area, related images and facts, and organisational news updates which are sent as notifications to the users devices. App launched initially on iOS, followed by Android version shortly afterwards (both native apps).

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Client: Sargasso Sea Alliance
Technologies: iOS/Objective C, Android/Java

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danlaffoley.com

Website Design/Development

Portfolio website for Dan Laffoley, a leading global expert in marine science and ocean conservation. The website is a simple, clean, responsive design with information on Dan's professional career, academic publications, links to various relevant media and resources, and dynamic content from blog/Twitter feeds.

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Client: Dan Laffoley/Ocean Innovations Ltd
Technologies: HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Wordpress

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Blue Ventures

Technical Consultancy and Systems Analysis/Support

Ongoing technical advice, analysis and support/development for IT projects with Blue Ventures, a leading marine conservation organisation. Key involvements to date have been with a fisheries monitoring project to collect data from remote sites then aggregate it together for analysis and visualisation/publication. The solution was based on ODK (Open Data Kit), an open source tool for mobile data collection, and used Google Cloud Services to aggregate/publish the data.

Client: Blue Ventures
Technologies: ODK, Google Cloud Services, Data Management, Web Development

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