1-6 December 2003

Venue and Date

The workshop will be held at the Princess Sirindhorn International Training Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, from the 1-6 December 2003.

Introduction

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.

Documents

Agenda (preliminary) (28 KB) 11 September 2003
GLCN Introduction Document (186 KB) 29 September 2003
GLCN Form of Interest (Asia) (70 KB) 29 September 2003

Useful Links

Africover project
ASIACOVER
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

Mr Paul Reichert
Remote Sensing Officer
SDRN, FAO United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Tel. (+39) 06 57054173
Fax. (+39) 06 57053369
e-mail: Paul.Reichert@fao.org

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