This section presents several efforts that have been initiated or that DFW has started participating in, since the SWAP update in 2015. Each has a strong spatial component that will guide DFW’s conservation effort on the landscape.
Regional Conservation Initiatives examine regional, landscape-scale considerations for USVI and serves as a means for the Territory to find potential collaborations to best support the USVI’s SGCN and Regional SGCN (RSGCN).
Conservation Opportunity Areas is a mapping effort using an approach that was informed by efforts with other SEAFWA agencies and applied here in an attempt to align SWAP priorities across SEAFWA.
Landscape Corridors will guide lands conservation efforts and baseline monitoring for DFW from 2025-2035. The Southeast Blueprint also includes a least-cost path connectivity analysis that identifies corridors that link coastal and inland areas and span climate gradients.