Regional Workshop on Land Degradation Assessment
in Drylands (LADA) in the Caribbean
(3-7 February2004 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad)
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The workshop was organized in partnership by
FAO, the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD, the German Technical
Cooperation GTZ and UNEP-Latin America and the Caribbean Regional
Office.
 The
workshop was attended by 63 participants comprising National
Focal Points, NGO focal points, NGOs, land resources and land
degradation specialists, resource persons, representatives of
regional and international agencies and representatives of the
private and public sector.
The meeting consisted of two segments:
1) a planning session for the elaboration of
National Action Programmes (NAPs) and Sub-Regional Action Programme
coordination; and
2) a Workshop on Land Degradation Assessment(LADA).
As a result of the planning session, the problems
encountered by countries in preparing their NAPs were identified,
and proposals were made to assist the countries. The LADA segment
of the workshop reviewed the status of land degradation assessment
in Caribbean countries as well as Argentina, Mexico, including
the use of GIS based AEZ/LRIS tools. It reviewed the LADA methodology,
in particular the LADA seven-step approach on the basis of the
China and Argentina LADA pilot studies. It revised the draft
LADA project Framework and made proposals for its improvements.
The meeting finalized a draft Caribbean regional LADA TCP project
for submission to FAO via CARICOM. In the proposed Caribbean
LADA activities, the emphasis is to be placed on capacity building
in assessing and combating land degradation using local and
regional expertise through Technical Cooperation among Developing
Countries (TCDC). The workshop made recommendations for the
future development of the AEZ/LRIS methodology and tools to
overcome existing constraints and their further integration
in LADA.
The workshop proceedings are now under edition.
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Regional Workshop on Agro-ecological Zoning
(AEZ) and GIS Applications in Asia with special emphasis on
Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA)
(8 - 15 November 2003 in Bangkok, Thailand)
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The workshop was organized by FAO/AGL and RAP
in collaboration with the Land Development Department (LDD)
of Thailand.The workshop was attended by land resources and
land degradation specialists from 15 Asian countries and representatives
of UNCCD.
 The
workshop reviewed the AEZ/LRIS situations and shared experiences
in AEZ/LRIS applications in land degradation assessment in the
various countries in the region. It reviewed the LADA methodology,
in particular the LADA 7-step approach on the basis of the China
LADA pilot study.It discussed ways to promote exchange of information,
data and experiences in land information in the region including
experiences and future collaboration in the FAO global network
Gateway to land and water information for the Internet. It made
recommendations for the future development of the AEZ/LRIS methodology
and tools to overcome existing constraints and their further
integration in LADA; more specifically it was recommended that
the AEZ framework and AEZ delineations be used in LADA assessment
studies and mapping. Preliminary draft national LADA TCP and
AEZ/LRIS proposals were prepared by each participating country.
The meeting proposed a draft outline for an Asia sub-regional
LADA project for capacity building in assessing and combating
land degradation using local expertise through Technical Cooperation
among Developing Countries (TCDC).
The workshop proceedings are now under edition.
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Land and Water Resources Information Systems
(LWRIS) for food security in West Africa
(5 - 12 April 2003 in Dakar, Senegal)
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A sub-regional workshop on land and water resources
information systems (LWRIS) for food security in West Africa
was organized by FAO (RAF/AGL) with the collaboration of the
Centre of Ecological Monitoring(CSE) and under the sponsorship
of the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection of Senegal.
It was a meeting of land and water resources
specialists from 14 West African countries. The workshop presented
the latest developments in GIS-based Land and Water Resources
Information Systems (LWRIS) and demonstrations of structure
and contents of FAO LWRIS tools and experiences in their use,
in particular the Internet based Gateway and AQUASTAT systems,
soil and terrain, agro-ecological (AEZ) databases and software.
A mechanism for future collaboration in information reporting
and exchange in the sub-region was discussed. It was decided
to create an informal land and water resources information network.
Initial activities will focus on organizing the network and
making it operational.
The workshop proceedings are now under edition.
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Land Resources Information
Systems in the Near East
(3 - 6 September, 2001 in Cairo, Egypt)
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A Regional Workshop on Land Resources Information
Systems was organized by FAO in co-operation with the Egyptian
Ministry of Agric. & Land Reclamation from 3 to 6 September,
2001, in Cairo.
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Workshop continued for 4 days (including a 1-day field trip),
and was attended by representatives from11 countries: Egypt,
Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Yemen, Tunisia, Turkey,
Syria, Bahrain, and Sudan, in addition to 4 Regional Organizations
(AOAD, ESCWA, League of Arab States, and UNEP Regional Office/Bahrain).
Development in Land and Water Information Systems, preparation
of national/regional land and water reports and future collaboration
in the Gateway global network were discussed. Preliminary country
reports based on Gateway Guidelines and Checklist were presented
and discussed. The national reports of the participating countries
are available on-line. (Go to the "Reports" on the
home page.)
For the list of participants and their contacts,
see the section of Contact Collaborators.
The workshop
proceedings are available to download (pdf 2.5MB via FTP).
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Land Resources Information Systems in the
Caribbeans
(1-4 October 2000 in Bridgetown, Barbados)
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A sub-regional workshop on Land and Water Resources
Information Systems (LWRIS) in the Caribbeans was held in Bridgetown,
Barbados, 2-4 October 2000.
The meeting was part of the first Annual Technical
Meeting of the Caribbean Land and Water Resources Network (CLAWRENET).
This meeting was held in collaboration with the Caribbean Agricultural
and Research Development Institute (CARDI), the Inter-American
Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Technical
Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the International
Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) and the Brace
Center for Water Resources Management of Mc Gill University.
The workshop was attended by 38 participants, including 15 from
Caribbean countries and 7 resource persons from Costa Rica,
Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and the United States
of America. Each country reported on the progress in preparing
its national report on the state of Land, Water and Plant nutrition
resources, using the FAO Guidelines. It was proposed that each
country should be responsible for updating as and when new information
becomes available.
The national reports of the participating countries
and the Caribbean regional report are available on-line. Go
to "Report" section of the Gateway homepage.
The workshop
proceedings are available to download (pdf 2.4MB).
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