“An Amazon rainforest conservation ecosystem network with the Brazilian government, international donors and global media connected to WWF, Greenpeace and ICMBio, then WWF Brazil, Greenpeace Brazil, local communities, indigenous groups and research scientists.”
Read the decisions behind it.
Used tiered layout to reflect operational hierarchy from core institutions to local entities
Leveraged network device types as metaphors for stakeholder roles (e.g., cloud for donors, server for NGOs, pc for communities)
Focused on undirected links to show mutual relationships rather than unidirectional flows
This pattern can be reused for any ecosystem mapping in conservation, international development, or multi-stakeholder initiatives where visualizing relationships between core, distribution, and access-tier actors is needed.