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Africover and GLCN have developed strategies to build national and
local capacity for land cover mapping, database management and data
dissemination and awareness.
Training has been undertaken at various technical levels, including
training of local experts in photo and image interpretation, the
use of the GLCN land cover mapping
tools, database management and data dissemination.
GLCN has also embarked on a number of outreach initiatives aimed at promoting
the project's impact to ensure a broad and diverse scientific community
engagement. A number of regional awareness and training workshops have
already been undertaken.
The outcome of three of these workshops was underpinned by a declaration
from the participants on their support and commitment to the GLCN initiative.
Training is provided on land cover mapping methodologies,
LCCS and other geo-information
technologies.
Summary of national activities
Africa
Mapping initiatives have been completed or
are being carried out for Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi Namibia,
Zimbabwe.
Asia
China: A
national training and harmonization workshop for China
has taken place in Beijing in April 2005. The workshop was
supported by the Government of China and the Government of Italy
and hosted by Chinese national mapping institutions. GLCN is
engaging with Chinese institutions to collaborate with the
update of national land cover maps for China.
- India: A national harmonization
workshop for India was organized in New Delhi in February 2005 with
the support of the Government of Italy and hosted by national mapping
institutions.
- Mongolia: A national mapping
project for Mongolia was conducted with the support of the
Government of the Czech Republic and implemented by national and
international institutions.
- Viet Nam: A national mapping project
for Viet Nam was conducted with the support of the Government of the
Czech Republic and implemented by national and international
institutions.
Latin America
Argentina:
The Remote Sensing group of the National Institute
of Agriculture Technology (INTA) is promoting a common framework
for the remote sensing and GIS activities of the Institution,
which are developed throughout the country in several INTA
research stations. One of the main subjects is the characterization
of homogeneous areas for agriculture, cattle grazing and forestry
production activities, looking at the changes in land use and
land cover with special regard in the sustainability of the
ecosystems, the competition between agriculture expansion and
deforestation, and the preservation of biodiversity conservation
areas. It is foreseen that the use of GLCN methodology will help
to achieve INTA objectives as well as to contribute to the
building of the Argentina land cover map.
- Brazil:
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistic (IBGE)
is developing a collaborative programme with other institutes
(e.g. INPE and EMBRAPA) to carry out harmonized mapping activities
using GLCN technologies. For 2005, six 18 000 km² plot sites have
been selected in the Rio Grande do Sul State (south of Brazil) and
will be mapped at 250.000 scale using LCCS. Two weeks of field
work for each team of researchers have already been programmed
and approved.
- Chile:
The principal cartographic agency of Chile, the Instituto
Geográfico Militar (IGM) is collaborating with the Centro de Informacion sobre REcursos Naturales (CIREN) to develop a formal proposal for an agreement of
cooperation with the FAO to implement a national mapping activity
using LCCS. Project proposals are also being developed for submission
to international donors.
- Ecuador:
CIRSEN and Minister of Agriculture coordinating the
development of a proposal on a national mapping project based
on LCCS.
- Uruguay:
an inter-institutional working group, consisting of
the Ministry of Transport and Public Works, the Ministry of
Cattle, Agriculture, and Fisheries, the Ministry of Housing,
Regional Planning, and Environment, and the University of
Uruguay (College of Sciences and Agriculture) has joined to
develop the project "Preparation of Land Cover/Land Use Database
through Remote Sensing for the Whole Country", and requested
FAO's assistance for the generation of the needed land cover/
land use database for the country and for the transfer of the
appropriate technology. The Ministry of Transport and Public
Works, through its Department of Geographic Information
(Departamento de Información Geográfica, MTOP), which is in
charge of the development of the National Geographic Information
System (SIGNac), is proposing an approach to standardize and
update the land cover/land use database for the whole country.
It should be noted that similar initiatives are also being
developed by institutes in Bolivia and Peru.
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