Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) Training UNEP Perspective Global Land Cover Network Workshop,...

Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) Training

UNEP Perspective

Global Land Cover Network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1 -6 December 2003

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Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003

UNEP’s Mission

The mission of the United Nations Environment Programme is to provide

leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring,

informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without

compromising that of future generations

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UNEP’s Early Warning and Assessment mission

To analyse the state of the global environment and assess global and regional environmental trends, provide policy advice, early warning

information on environmental threats, and to catalyse and promote international cooperation

and action, based on the best scientific and technical capabilities available

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Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA)

Environmental assessmentGlobal Environment Outlook (GEO)Participatory collaborative process

Policy-relevant guidelines

Early warningStrategic, mid- to long-term

Not crisis prevention or mitigation, except where crises increasingly become part of the

strategic context

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Assessment Partners

In addition to FAO there are a number of international and national assessment partners e.g.: • Millennium Assessment (MA) • Global Integrated Water

Assessment (GIWA) • UN Convention to Combat

Desertification

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UNEP’s Global Environmental Information Network

GEO

INFOTERRA

GRID

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UNEP Regional Resource Centre UNEP Regional Resource Centre SEMIS ISEMIS I and II (Objectives and Goals)

A regional development projectin collaboration between GMS governments, UNEP and ADB

The overall objective is to provide mechanisms that allow sharing of information on environmental and natural resources issues in a timely manner

The goal is to allow resource allocation and environmental management decisions affecting the Greater Mekong sub-region to be based on up-to-date and accurate information ADB TA No. 5899-REG and ADB TA No. 5622-REG

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Activities on the DATA

Acquire the new dataFill up the data gaps with the cooperation of concerned agenciesGuideline for data collecting/MgmtTraining and Internship for technology transferEnhanced with HW/SW supportGenerate 1:50K (HS) 1:250~500K (GMS)Case Studies by national agencies

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UNEP Assessment products

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Global Environment Outlook Focus areas

• Atmosphere• Land• Forests• Freshwater• Coastal and Marine areas• Biodiversity• Urban areas• Natural DisastersEnvironment and Human Health

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GEO PROCESSFOR GLOBAL

ENVIRONMENTALASSESSMENT

UNEP COORDINATION

GOVERNMENT POLICY MAKERS

NGO AND SCIENCE COMMUNITIES

GEO WORKING GROUPS

GEO COLLABORATING CENTRES

GEO ASSOCIATED CENTRES

DATA BANKS/OTHER RESOURCES

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS

Policy insight

specialized inputs

methodology

specialized andregional perspectives

specialized inputs

substantive data and information

substantive data and information

OTHER GLOBAL REPORTS

capacity building

and training

The GEO Process

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Objectives of UNEP Land Assessment

To produce reliable policy relevant assessment of status and trends of world land (soil, water, vegetation) resources in cooperation with key expert partnersTo provide inputs for the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) process, for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment etc. To provide inputs to global, regional and national decision making processes, including COPs of conventions

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The FAO-UNEP Global Land Cover Network (GLCN)

•An alliance for a global land cover information system to support sustainable development

• Global Network of institutions, agencies and organisations involved in assessment, monitoring and/or provision and use of data on land cover (through remote sensing or otherwise)

• UN Land Classification System (LCCS)

• Harmonised Global Land Cover Database

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GLOBAL LAND COVER NETWORK Partnerships

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The Major Focus of the GLCN

Harmonisation/standardisation of classification of cover types

Determination patterns of land-cover change

Projections of human response scenarios

Support to integrated global and regional modeling

Global assessment of land cover for conventions and treaties

Development of databases on land surface, biophysical processes and their drivers

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The FAO-UNEP Global Land Cover Network (GLCN)

•In support of :

• Environmental treaties

• Early warning and and disaster reduction

• Food security and famine prevention

• Environmental assessment

• Carbon sequestration modelling and accounting

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Network Interfaces

Interoperability with selected partners based on

open standards• Global Spatial Data Infrastructure• Open GIS Consortium and the Open Archives

iNitiative• W3C and the IETF• Geographic Information for Sustainable

Development• UN Geo-information Working Group

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Interoperability: FAO/UNEP and beyond

FAO Geonetwork UNEP.NetOther UN bodies viaUNGIWG

Other partners

e.g. CIESIN,

WRI

Open source standard interfaces and protocols(OGC, GSDI etc.)

Standards-compliant industry components(ESRI, Autodesk, MapInfo, Cubewerx etc.)

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Satell iteObservations

LandsatMODIS, S potEnvisat e tc .

In-s ituObservations

UNEPand FAOstandardmethod

Data Accessand Process

Other land coverclassification methods

Translators

Land CoverClassi ficationSystem DataServ ices and

Network

Other land coversciences e.g. carbon sequestration

Partners

UNEPassess-

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FAO foodsecurity

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MEAs

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GLCN Institutional and Programme Schematic

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SatelliteObservations

LandsatMODIS, SpotEnvisat etc .

In-situObservations

UNEPand FAOstandardmethod

Data Accessand Process

Other land coverclassification methods

Translators

Land CoverClassificationSystem DataServices and

Network

Other land coversciences e.g. carbon sequestration

Partners

UNEPassess-

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FAO foodsecurity

andforestry

MEAs

Cou

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GLCN Institutional and Programme Schematic

Service instance – Global Land CoverService instance – Global Land Cover

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Cascading Benefits from a UNEP-FAO Global Land Cover Network

Education

TransportationCity Planning

NaturalResourc

es

In all Nations:

• Solve practical problems

• Contribute to informed decision making

• Communicate with citizens

Cities Air Pollution, WaterQuality and Waste Handling

Student and Teacher Training

Biodiverstiy and Forest Management

Agriculture

Food Security andPrecision Farming

Infrastructure and Road Siting

Hurricane LandfallForecasting

DisasterManagement

UNEP-FAO-Network

Governments

National Focal points

Scientists

NGOs

Citizens

Geo Centres

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Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA)

• LADA is a GEF project under development to:• review and synthesise relevant data and information for land degradation assessment in drylands; • develop, test and revise integrated land degradation assessment approaches and methods;• develop capacity and network for assessment of land degradation;• conduct pilot studies to calibrate and test methods for land degradation assessment in selected countries;

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LADA contd.

• develop strategies for information communication, executive partnerships and co-financing and;• develop a full scale project for GEF financingDuring the LADA development phase a framework for a consensus building process will be developed with a long-term purpose to identify global environmental benefits accruing from addressing land degradation in drylands in terms of conservation of biodiversity and international waters, and sequestration of carbon.

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TargetedVulnerability Assessments

Climate StationArchives

AVHRR NDVIArchive

Decline?

End

No

Yes

Trend Analysis

Regional / LocalResource-Base Assessments

DRYLAND DEGRADATION ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKDRYLAND DEGRADATION ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK DRYLAND DEGRADATION ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKDRYLAND DEGRADATION ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK

GlobalPrecipitation Vegetation

Assessment Assessment

Provincialag production

Provincialpopulation

Provincialincome

Agroecologicalzone map

Road map

Field level analysis/

local knowledge

Economic analysis

Identify mostvulnerable areas

and groups

TargetedBiophysical Assessments

Map affectedareas

Characterizechanges

(ground survey)

Satellite data(SPOT; TM)

Aerial photography

Maps and reports

Erosion, salinity,vegetation,etc.

DesertificationDatabase

Summary Assessment

Location, magnitude, causes, impacts,

outlook

Trend Analysis

Trend Analysis

Decline?

End

No

Yes

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Assessment products

More examples of products

Mesopotamia wetlands degradation

Global closed forests Threats to fresh

water Trans-boundary air

pollution

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Report of theUNEP/FAO/UNCCD workshop

on Changes in the Sahel,

14 -16 October 2003, Nairobi Kenya

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National Land Degradation Assessment and Mapping in Kenya

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National land degradation assessment and mapping in Kenya

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World Atlas of Desertification

WORLD ATLAS OFDESERTIFICATION

25

WORLD ATLAS OF

DESERTIFICATIONSECOND EDITION

1992

1997

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Summary

harmonized data collection at national level

that will lead to aggregated and integrated

results applied to regional and global

assessments and early warning

…and

be useful for social and economic sectors

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Contact address:

UNEPAssessment BranchDivision of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA)United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)PO Box 30552Nairobi, KenyaTel: +254 (0)2 623 297Fax: +254 (0)2 623 284E-mail: [email protected]

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