WHAT IS SEAF?
A Shared Environmental Analytics Facility (SEAF): Translating science knowledge and data analytics into timely information for streamlined decisions
SEAF is a mechanism for interpreting environmental data that has been developed in consultation with end users and stakeholders. It enables a trusted data and information supply chain that generates information products, like maps, reports and forecasting tools for use in research and decision making.
SEAF is a collective effort between research, government and industry. The efforts are led by The Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI) and the Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI), with multiple partners providing funding, scientific and technical expertise for the development and delivery of SEAF.
- Why invest in SEAF?
- Who benefits from SEAF?
- The SEAF collaboration: Partnerships
- SEAF in WA: Cockburn Sound and Pilbara pilots
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
SEAF does not duplicate what already exists. It is a cloud-based mechanism that draws on data already held in multiple portals and repositories.
- It simplifies how we access, interpret, use and manage environmental information, providing trusted, single-point access to disparate information sources, through secure data sharing.
- It draws data for use in predictive models and custom-built analytics – turning it into practical, useable information and forecasting tools.
- SEAF helps unlock value from shared data and analytics to enable users to make more informed decisions for cumulative environmental impact assessments, at a region-specific scale.
- SEAF provides the ability to understand and interpret dynamic information.
- It creates a shared, robust, repeatable and sustainable environmental information value chain.
SEAF translates science knowledge and data analytics into timely information to enable cumulative impact assessments at regional scale
WHAT DOES SEAF DO?
SEAF helps us understand the impact of development pressures
SEAF provides an efficient and effective way of capturing and managing knowledge and data and turning that into products such as maps, reports and forecasting tools.
It helps us consider regional differences and priorities in environmental decisions
In a vast country such as Australia there are big economic, environmental and cultural differences between regions. SEAF focuses on regions – it acknowledges regional differences and priorities. It develops products based on data from these varied areas.
| SEAF does | SEAF does not |
| Reaches out and draws data from already existing, disparate data sources like portals and repositories (Data is drawn as agreed and only when required ) | SEAF is not another data repository |
| Provides shared data zones for collaboration Assures private data zones maintain confidentiality Allows trusted and agreed modelling and analytics from the data SEAF draws on | Does not make all data public |
| Provides information to help determine the impact of a pressure on an ecosystem (e.g. noise and temperature change) Utilises analytics to produce science-based products and forecasting tools for use by government, regulators, industry and regional project teams | Does not provide recommendations Does not make decisions |
Want to engage with the SEAF project?
Contact us:
Professor Owen Nevin, CEO, WABSI owen.nevin@wabsi.org.au
Dr Luke Twomey, CEO, WAMSI luke.twomey@wamsi.org.au