Para La Naturaleza (PLN), an organization working to conserve natural protected areas (NPAs) in Puerto Rico, is developing plans to more effectively engage communities to co-manage NPAs. Our team mapped census data on a geographic information system and developed new forms of community profiles to help PLN not only better understand the communities it works with, but to share the information with PLN staff. These tools were created as a starting point for PLN to use and adapt for continued development of community outreach programs and to anticipate opportunities for effective collaboration.

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Creator

• McMillan, Sean
• Shulenburg, Emma
• McLean, Abigail
• Hazelton, Holly

Subject

• Culture
• Community
• Inclusion
• Computing
• Innovation

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121021-115642
• 42646

Keyword

• Community Engagement
• Co-management
• GIS mapping

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2021

Center

• Tirana, Albania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Para La Naturaleza

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2021-12-10

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121021-115642

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-02-06