Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) Training UNEP Perspective Global Land Cover Network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1 -6 December 2003

Global Land Cover Network 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

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

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) Environmental assessment Global Environment Outlook (GEO) Participatory collaborative process Policy-relevant guidelines Early warning Strategic, mid- to long-term Not crisis prevention or mitigation, except where crises increasingly become part of the strategic context

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

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 UNEP’s Global Environmental Information Network GEO INFOTERRA GRID

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 UNEP Regional Resource Centre SEMIS I UNEP Regional Resource Centre SEMIS I and II (Objectives and Goals) A regional development project in 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 REG and ADB TA No REG

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 Activities on the DATA   Acquire the new data   Fill up the data gaps with the cooperation of concerned agencies   Guideline for data collecting/Mgmt   Training and Internship for technology transfer   Enhanced with HW/SW support   Generate 1:50K (HS) 1:250~500K (GMS)   Case Studies by national agencies

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 UNEP Assessment products

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 Global Environment Outlook Focus areas

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 GEO PROCESS FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 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 and regional perspectives specialized inputs substantive data and information substantive data and information OTHER GLOBAL REPORTS capacity building and training The GEO Process

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 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 partners   To 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

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

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 GLOBAL LAND COVER NETWORK Partnerships

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

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

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

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 Interoperability: FAO/UNEP and beyond FAO GeonetworkUNEP.Net Other UN bodies via UNGIWG Other partners e.g. CIESIN, WRI Open source standard interfaces and protocols (OGC, GSDI etc.) Standards-compliant industry components (ESRI, Autodesk, MapInfo, Cubewerx etc.)

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

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 Cascading Benefits from a UNEP-FAO Global Land Cover Network Education Transportation City Planning Natural Resources In all Nations: Solve practical problems Contribute to informed decision making Communicate with citizens Cities Air Pollution, Water Quality and Waste Handling Student and Teacher Training Biodiverstiy and Forest Management Agriculture Food Security and Precision Farming Infrastructure and Road Siting Hurricane Landfall Forecasting Disaster Management UNEP-FAO- Network Governments National Focal points Scientists NGOs Citizens Geo Centres

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

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 LADA contd. develop strategies for information communication, executive partnerships and co- financing and; develop a full scale project for GEF financing During 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.

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 Targeted Vulnerability Assessments Climate Station Archives AVHRR NDVI Archive Decline? End No Yes Trend Analysis Regional / Local Resource-Base Assessments DRYLAND DEGRADATION ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK Global Precipitation Vegetation Assessment Assessment Provincial ag production Provincial population Provincial income Agroecological zone map Road map Field level analysis/ local knowledge Economic analysis Identify most vulnerable areas and groups Targeted Biophysical Assessments Map affected areas Characterize changes (ground survey) Satellite data (SPOT; TM) Aerial photography Maps and reports Erosion, salinity, vegetation,etc. Desertification Database Summary Assessment Location, magnitude, causes, impacts, outlook Trend Analysis Trend Analysis Decline? End No Yes

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 Assessment products More examples of products  Mesopotamia wetlands degradation  Global closed forests  Threats to fresh water  Trans-boundary air pollution

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 Report of the UNEP/FAO/UNCCD workshop on Changes in the Sahel, October 2003, Nairobi Kenya

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 National Land Degradation Assessment and Mapping in Kenya

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 National land degradation assessment and mapping in Kenya

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 World Atlas of Desertification WORLD ATLAS OF DESERTIFICATION 25 WORLD ATLAS OF DESERTIFICATION SECOND EDITION   1992   1997

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

Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover network Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand 1- 6 December 2003 Contact address: UNEP Assessment Branch Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) PO Box Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 (0) Fax: +254 (0)