| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| TEMS (Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites database) |
| The New TEMS database is now on line. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites database (TEMS) is an international directory of sites (T.Sites) and networks that carry out long-term terrestrial monitoring and research activities. Based on a core list of 110 variables, the database provides information on the "who, what and where" of long term terrestrial monitoring for use by both the scientific... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/EN0501_en.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| The Terrestrial Carbon Observation initiative |
| At their fourth meeting (Stockholm, November 1999), the Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partners (IGOS-P) approved terrestrial carbon as a theme for which a systematic global observation initiative should be developed under the leadership of the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS). The Terrestrial Carbon Observation (TCO) initiative aims to meet the need of agreement on the observation... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0086.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Report of the Meeting of Experts on Ecological Networks |
| This article reports on the Meeting of Experts on Ecological Networks held in Guernica, Spain, 17-20 June 1997. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together representatives from selected networks to provide the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) steering committees with advice on the best way to proceed in developing a network of ecologica... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0038.htm |
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| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partnership Forum during the Unispace III Conference |
| The Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) intends to unite the major satellite and surface-based systems for global environmental observations of the atmosphere, oceans and land. It is a strategic planning process, involving many partners, that links research, long-term monitoring and operational programmes, as well as data producers and users, in a framework that delivers maximum benefit an... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0073.htm |
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