SECAS brings together public and private organizations around a bold vision for the future of our region. We're connecting the lands and waters of the Southeast and Caribbean to support healthy ecosystems, thriving fish and wildlife populations, and vibrant communities. With a data-driven spatial plan and an ambitious regional goal, SECAS helps accelerate conservation action in the places where it will make the biggest impact.
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Blueprint 2025 will improve the priorities in the U.S. Caribbean for the first time since SECAS expanded consistent methods and indicators to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in Blueprint 2023. Plans for the 2025 Blueprint
As part of our revision cycle, SECAS staff have already started work on the next Blueprint update for 2025. It’s still too early to know exactly what improvements will make it into the final plan, but here’s a sense of some things we’re working on.
Indicator improvements
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We have improvements cued up for terrestrial, freshwater, and marine indicators. These priority improvements are based on Blueprint user feedback and comments from the most recent workshops, as well as the availability of new data. -
Upcoming webinars in the SECAS Third Thursday Web Forum series. Web forums now require registration in the new year
The monthly Third Thursday Web Forum is making a minor logistical change in the new year–webinars will require registration starting in January! Rather than reusing the same connection information every month, we decided to create standalone events in Microsoft Teams for each web forum. This will give attendees calendar events and reminder emails, improve access to the chat, and make it a lot easier for me to keep track of how many folks are attending. The date, time, and format will remain the same.
Here’s a link to an interactive pdf of the flyer with the links to register for January and February. Or, just keep reading for a preview of what to expect!
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The Southeast Blueprint changelog includes high-level summaries and detailed descriptions of the changes made to the data and methods used in each new version. What changed with Southeast Blueprint 2024?
As you may already know, SECAS staff are super passionate about documentation. We want to make it easy to learn how the Blueprint works, where the data comes from, and how each version of the Blueprint improves on the one before it. One important component of that documentation is the Blueprint changelog, which is now updated to capture what changed from Blueprint 2023 to 2024!
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