FUNDECOR - BIOTA Integration

The FUNDECOR project was completed as an Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) in Costa Rica, where our team worked with local partners to improve how conservation and farm-level sustainability information is organized and shared.

A core objective was to translate field research into usable, structured outputs for the BIOTA geospatial platform. That meant combining ecological observations, environmental context, and socioeconomic information in a format that supports practical decision-making rather than just archival reporting.

The result was a set of project deliverables that documents methods, findings, and recommendations for future work, while making the data easier to reference for planning, communication, and long-term conservation impact.

• Conducted field-focused research to gather farm and ecosystem context relevant to biodiversity and sustainability planning.
• Contributed to data organization and synthesis for BIOTA-aligned outputs that are easier to consume by stakeholders.
• Produced multiple communication deliverables tailored to different audiences: technical readers, decision-makers, and presenters.
• Documented methods and recommendations to support continuity beyond the project timeline.

Field Research: On-site data collection and stakeholder-informed context gathering.

Data Integration: Structuring findings for BIOTA platform alignment and downstream usability.

Technical Writing: Multi-format documentation including executive, full-report, and supplementary artifacts.

Presentation Workflow: Final presentation and narrative synthesis for communicating outcomes clearly.

The documents below are the full FUNDECOR deliverable set currently stored in app/static/documents. Each item can be viewed inline, and can be downloaded from the PDF viewer when opened.

The project reinforced that conservation-impact work depends on both technical quality and stakeholder usability. Data is only valuable when it is structured clearly enough to support planning decisions across different audiences.

Another key lesson was the value of multi-format deliverables: executive, technical, and presentation outputs each serve distinct needs, and together they create a much more practical handoff than a single report alone.