1. Candidate Illustrations for RoP and Annex

2. Some criteria Depict an homogeneous distribution of EAs worldwide Depict an homogeneous distribution of EAs among SBAs Highlight the key features of GEO/GEOSS Global Transverse Cross-cutting Depict the progress on GEOSS implementation, in terms of components availability and their progressive integration

3. Canadian proposals

4. GEOSS support to decisions diagram

5. GEO Membership increase *** Data needs to be validated…. GEO Membership

6. EAs distribution

7. Global losses due to Natural Disasters

8. Annex Cover

9. Annex-EA matrix Achievement # and Title (alphabetical) Page#Page# Societal Benefit AreasTransverse / Technical Area 1 Disast ers 2 Health 3 Energ y 4 Clima te 5 Water 6 Weath er 7 Ecosyste ms 8 Agricultu re 9 Biodiversi ty Architectur e Data & Users Cap acit y Buil ding Outreac h 1: Census of Marine Life 4 Globa l 2: Beijing Olympics (China) Nation al Global 3: GEOSS Web Portal Global 4: SERVIR (Mesoameric a) Region al 5: GEO NETCAST Etc... … … 6: Virtual Constellation 7: Air Quality & Health 8: GEO Grid 9: ETC…

10. Regional and Global Achievements - GMES (Europe) - - SERVIR (Mesoamerica) - - GEONETCast (Global) - Global Wildland Fire Early Detection System (Global) - SIGEO (Global) - North American Drought Monitor (USA / Canada / Mexico) - CBERS (China / Brazil for Africa) - TIGGE (China / USA / Europe) - GEO Clearinghouse (Global) - GEO Portal (Global) - Argo (Global) - Biodiversity Observation Network (Global) - Solar Data for the Development of Clean Energy (Global) - - Meningitis Warning System (Africa) - African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development (Africa) - ClimDev Africa (Africa) - Asia Water Cycle Initiative (Asia) - GEO Grid (East & South-East Asia) - Sentinel Asia (Asia) Examples of Regional and Global Achievements (Detailed in the Annex on Early Achievements)

11. National-Local EAs To be prepared

12. Other options

13. GEO Membership increase Included in Rhett Butlers presentation on GEOSS at AGU2006

14. Map n. 1 Distribution of Regional Achievements Beijing Olympics Sentinel Asia Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) Monsoon monitoring HARIMAU APEC Climate Center for Information Services (APCC) The German Indonesian Tsunami EW System-GITEWS Meningitis Warning System in Africa Evaluating African Protected Areas ClimDevAfrica initiative PUMA and AMESD use of EO for Africa PREVAIR European air quality forecasting, mapping European Marine Core Service (EMCS) WISE (Water Information System for Europe) Ozone web Europe IFFI-Italian Landslides Inventory Bioenergy resource assessment GMES Service for Atmosphere PROMOTE The Network of Centers of the Italian Civil Protection EuroCryoClim North American Drought Monitor SERVIR

15. Distribution of Achievements Developing Countries Beijing Olympics Sentinel Asia Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) Monsoon monitoring HARIMAU APEC Climate Center for Information Services (APCC) The German Indonesian Tsunami EW System-GITEWS GEO Grid Meningitis Warning System in Africa Evaluating African Protected Areas ClimDevAfrica initiative PUMA and AMESD use of EO for Africa CBERS data for Africa GEO Web Portal GEONETCast Virtual Constellations Global Digital Elevation Model ARGO Buoys TerraSAR-X Improved land cover

16. SBAs color coding 1. Disasters 2. Human Health 3. Energy 4. Climate 5. Water 6. Weather 7. Ecosystem 8. Agriculture 9. Biodiversity

17. Table 2 Global Achievements on Societal Benefit Areas Ref # Early Achievements SBAs DIDI HEHE ENEN CLCL WAWA WEWE ECEC AGAG BIBI 11Global Wildland Fire Early Warning System 13Solar Data for Developing Countries 15TIGGE 16Biodiversity Observation Network 19Revolution in Weather, Climate Prediction 20Standards-based Public Warning 21Census of Marine Life 24SIGEO 27Sand and Dust storm monitor 28Air Quality and Health 30ChlorOGIN Chlorophyll Ocean Global Network 31Global Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases 35The Precipitation virtual constellation 36Parasol, Calipso and the A-Train 38GMES 41Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) 44Ozone measurement and Climate Change 45Anthropogenic Climate Change 46Seasonal Climate Prediction 47Monitoring Droughts from Space 48Sea-level rise and variability 52GRUAN, the GCOS Upper-Air Network, 62The Cryosphere Observing System 65Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information 67Detection of Mesopause Change (NDMC) 72Continuous Plankton Recorder survey 74Solar Energy Survey of Users Requirements

18. Table 3 Regional Achievements on Societal Benefit Areas Ref # Early Achievements SBAs DIHEHE ENEN CLCL WAWA WEWE ECEC AGAG BI 12Meningitis Warning System in Africa 14Beijing Olympics 17Sentinel Asia 18Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) 22Evaluating African Protected Areas 23ClimDevAfrica initiative 25North American Drought Monitor 26Monsoon monitoring HARIMAU 33PREVAIR European air quality forecasting, mapping 34European Marine Core Service (EMCS) 39PUMA and AMESD use of EO for Africa 50APEC Climate Center for Info Services (APCC) 54WISE (Water Information System for Europe) 55Ozone web Europe 60IFFI-Italian Landslides Inventory 63Bioenergy resource assessment 66German Indonesian Tsunami EW System-GITEWS 68GMES Service for Atmosphere PROMOTE 69The Network of Centers of the Italian Civil Protection 70EuroCryoClim

19. Table 1 Transverse Achievements NOTE Some of them are Regional #Early Achievement A&DUserCBS&T 1GEO Web PortalXX 2Interoperable InformationX 3GEONETCastXX 4Virtual ConstellationsXX 5Global Digital ElevationXX 6CBERS Data for AfricaXXX 7Global Geodetic Reference FrameXX 8GEO GridXX 9ARGOXX 10SERVIRXX 29IGOS-P Geohazards theme and Community of PracticeXX 32POSTEL Land Surface Thematic Center in FranceX 37The ICARE and ETHER Thematic centers in FranceX 40Global Space-based Intercalibration System (GSICS)XX 42TerraSAR-X – a new system for GEOSSXXX 43Improved global land cover observations and assessmentXXX 49KMA Workshop on NWP Capacity BuildingX 51APN Scoping Workshops on Global Earth Observations and Capacity Building Needs in Asia X 53GEO Coastal Zone Community of Practice (CZCP)XX 56ICT for GEOSS: Europe contribution through FP6 & FP7XX 59GEO EO Research in Europes FP7XXX 71Interoperability Process Pilot Project (IP3): Biodiversity/Climate ChangeXX 73Space-based Data Quality Assurance FrameworkX 75GEOSS Architecture Implementation PilotX 76Energy Community of PracticeXX 77Ocean Information - INCOISX

20. Annex Table 2 GEOSS Implementation ObservingInformationDisseminationStandardTotal Global Virtual Constellations Geodetic Reference frame ARGO Buoys Precipitation VC Parasol-Calypso A-train TerraSAR-X GRUAN FDSN Web Portal Seamless Weather/Climate Prediction Biodiversity Obs. Network Global Runoff Data Center SIGEO Global DEM Global Land Cover Ozone Web Web Portal GEONETCast FDSN Interoperabil ity And Registry Standards- based, All- Hazards, All-Media Public Warning GISICS 21(19) Regional Asian Water Cycle HARIMAU GMES Geodetic Reference frame GEO Grid SERVIR GMES INSPIRE PREVAIR EMCS WISE Sentinel Asia Asian Water Cycle APCC CBERS Data for Africa North American Drought Monitor Sand and Dust storm monitor GMES SERVIR CBERS Data for Africa N/A 20(15) National POSTEL ICARE and ETHER IFFI N/A 3(3) Total 112463