Northern Eurasia Regional Information Network (NERIN) developments

3 Sept. 2007

Dear Colleagues,
Please be informed of developments of the Northern Eurasia Regional Information Network (NERIN):

1. The next NERIN workshop is scheduled for September 20, 2007 in Urumqi, China. The focus of the workshop is on REQUIREMENTS FOR OBSERVATIONS OF LANDCOVER DYNAMICS IN DRYLAND REGIONS OF NORTHERN EURASIA and it is conducted within a larger series of meetings (see draft agenda and additional information at http://lcluc.umd.edu/ and at http://www.neespi.org/news/Urumqi-Agenda_initial_draft.pdf).

2. Reports from 2006 NERIN workshops (in Tomsk and in Moscow) are now available at http://www.fao.org/gtos/gofc-gold/net-NERIN.html and http://nerin.scert.ru.

3. The next NERIN workshop is tentatively planned for June 2008 focusing on mapping land cover in the arctic regions of Northern Eurasia.

4. The GTOS Secretariat has now available a first draft of the Russian translation of the manual of the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS). The authors and translators would appreciate your comments on this translation. Please send your comments to me and to Reuben Sessa (Reuben.Sessa@fao.org).

See document

5. As always - information about data holdings of NERIN participants is available at:
wwwdata.forestry.oregonstate.edu/MDEDIT/index.aspx and the entry form is now available in Russian http://nerin.scert.ru/MDEDIT/teamform.aspx?mode=new.

For additional detail or any queries please contact Dr Olga Krankina at olga.krankina@oregonstate.edu

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