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Chinese Crested Terns nesting among coastal vegetation. Watercolour on paper.
The platform's colour palette — from sky-teal to shell-pink — is drawn directly from this painting, connecting the scientific data to the living bird.
Each dot = one individual. Approximately ~50 wild birds remain.
Primary threats: egg collection, coastal infrastructure destroying nesting islets.
Adjust weights to explore how floating platform placement priorities shift. Full build reruns a PostGIS spatial query.
Global mangrove cover relative to 1996 baseline (Global Mangrove Watch).
By 2020, approximately 8.6% of global mangrove cover — ~11,900 km² — had been lost, directly destroying nesting habitat for the Chinese Crested Tern.
An engineered raft anchored in coastal waters, mimicking the rocky-islet conditions Chinese Crested Terns require — in locations where natural sites have been destroyed.
Layering food availability (Chl-a), habitat (mangroves), shipping noise, and SST, the MCA model identifies optimal coordinates for deployment.
A ranked list of candidate sites — e.g. "14.2°N, 122.8°E — suitability 0.82" — giving conservation teams a data-backed starting point.
Studio layers — edit in Mapbox Studio
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Studio layers sync automatically when you Publish in Mapbox Studio. No code change needed.
