The CCLME ECO-GIS Viewer is a Geographic Information System (GIS) dynamic analytic tool aimed to create meaningful data products at the West African regional scale, adding value to raw data and producing new scientific knowledge of the ocean and coastal areas of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME) countries.
The analysis of the data using the CCLME ECO-GIS Viewer facilitates the study of the dynamics and trends of a multiplicity of variables to produce new and valuable information on changes produced during the last 35 years in this region, from climatic changes to shifts in species due to natural and human induced factors.
The Canary Current LME is a major upwelling region off the coast of Northwest Africa. It extends southwards from the Canary Islands (Spain) and the Atlantic coast of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Gambia, but Cabo Verde and the waters of Guinea are considered adjacent areas within the zone of influence of the CCLME.
The CCLME ECO-GIS Viewer has been developed within the framework of the project “Enhancing oceanography capacities on CCLME Western African countries Phase II”. This project has been undertaken by the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), and it has been funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). The IOC (UNESCO) partner for this project is the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), which hosts the CCLME ECO-GIS Viewer in their servers.
About: IOC/Ocean Sciences/CCLME project