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10-14
November 2003
Venue
and date
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The
workshop will be held in Dakar, Senegal from 10-14 November
2003 (dates to be confirmed) in combination with the
Africa GIS’03 Conference (4-7 November 2003).
Additional
information on Africa GIS’03 |
Introduction
to GLCN
FAO/UNEP have recently launched
the Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) with the objective to
improve the availability of global information on land cover
and its dynamics, harmonizing land cover mapping and monitoring
at national, regional and global levels. GLCN will generate
essential data needed for sustainable development, environmental
protection, food security and humanitarian programmes of the
United Nations, and of other international and national institutions.
The GLCN initiative will bring together national
technical staff in the field of Remote Sensing/GIS, Agriculture,
Forestry, Pasture/Rangeland, Environment, and Food Security
to develop a network at the regional and global scale to adopt
the standardization of land cover measurement methods and
develop regional and global land cover products. The collaboration
will involve not only data providers but also data users and
policy-makers.
Goals
of the workshop
Training will be provided on land cover mapping
and other geo-information technologies including the Land
Cover Classification System (LCCS). These methods can be used
on both national and regional projects. The workshop will
also be used to initiate regional collaboration and GLCN projects.
The
workshop is intended for technical individuals from national
institutes involved in land cover mapping from the following
countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad,
Côte D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau,
Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra
Leone and Togo.
Deadlines
If you are interested in participating in the
workshop and/or would like to collaborate in the GLCN initiative,
please complete the form below and return with your CV to
the GLCN Secretariat; participant
selection for the workshop will begin on the 26 September
2003.
Documents
GLCN
Introduction Document
(186 KB) 3
September 2003
GLCN
Form of Interest (70 KB) 3
September 2003
Transport
Details
to follow
Hotel
Arrangements
Details
to follow
Weather
During November the weather in Dakar is mild with an average
temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and an average precipitation
of 5mm.
Useful
Links
Africover
project
Global
Land Cover Network (GLCN)
Land Cover Classification
System (LCCS)
Contact
Points
Mr John
Latham
GLCN Coordinator
SDRN, FAO United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Tel. (+39) 06 57054026
Fax. (+39) 06 57053369
e-mail: GLCN@fao.org
Dr Reuben
Sessa
GTOS Programme Officer
SDRN, FAO United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Tel. (+39) 06 57056519
Fax. (+39) 06 57053369
e-mail: GLCN@fao.org
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