© GEO Secretariat GEOSS: A Global Earth Observations System of Systems to Inform Decisions João SOARES GEO Secretariat consultant WMO/Geneva In support to the: G20 Global Agricultural Geo-Monitoring

© GEO Secretariat Environmental Challenges for the 21rst Century

The origins of GEO Johannesburg WSSD called for a strengthened cooperation and coordination among Global Observations Systems and research programs for integrated global observations G8 held in Evian that called for strengthened international cooperation on global observation for the environment © GEO Secretariat

U.S. Department of State, Washington DC July 31, 2003 GEO, the Group on Earth Observations An Intergovernmental Organization with 87 Members and 61 Participating Organizations

© GEO Secretariat The Vision for GEOSS… …a world where decisions and actions are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations... Currently chaired by China, EC, South Africa and USA GEO is implementing GEOSS according to its 10 year Implementation plan established by its plenary in 2005

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IKONOS QuickBird SPIN-2 SPOT 4, 5 EROS A1 Envisat Aura/Aqua/Terra Grace QuikScat Sage SeaWinds TRMM Toms-EP UARS Landsat 7 SORCE ACRIMSAT CBERS SeaWiFS ERBS Jason Orbview 2, 3 RadarsatALOS DMC A space based Babel´s tower ?

GEOSS Human capital Experience + qualification Informal + formal Develop talents Deliverables Information for supporting decision-making Instutional system Networking governance Political commitment to sustained data sharing Infrastructure Spatial + in situ instrumentation Architecture + Data management + Data portals Software + tools

© GEO Secretariat Access to Data and Information Contributors register observation systems, data sets and services Users discover and exploit resources contributed to GEOSS

© GEO Secretariat Data and Products at Minimum Time delay and Minimum Cost Free of Charge or minimal Cost for Research and Education GEO Data Sharing Principles Full and Open Exchange of Data, recognizing Relevant International Instruments and National Policies

© GEO Secretariat Free and Open Access to Satellite Images: CBERS (China/Brazil), LANDSAT (USA) data use increased by a factor of 100+

FCT National Demonstrators From 2009 Brazil Guyana Mexico Indonesia (Borneo) Australia (Tasmania) Cameroon Tanzania From 2011 onwards Progressive inclusion of countries from UN- REDD & World Bank FCPF is being planned. From June 2010 Colombia DR Congo Peru, and adding Sumatra to Indonesia

time-series product from various sources of satellite data Systematic Satellite Data Acquisitions Optical SAR ….. …. … … … … … … Common Processing Forest Conversion Forest Inventory or Carbon Model Accounting Rules and International Reporting Time series consistency Is critical Verification

© GEO Secretariat FCT main components 1.A scientific component 2.A “pre-operational” component, ensured today by CEOS on behalf of its member space agencies 3.A national component, seeking commitment to the activities and involvement of the national technical institutions (inventories done at national levels). 14

An Overview of the GEO Agriculture Monitoring initiative

Agriculture has an established global monitoring community Multiple operational agricultural monitoring systems - most of them use satellite data in some way –Non coordinate using available data - no standardized methods Different countries have different capabilities for monitoring their agriculture –differing quality of reporting Improving satellite and in-situ observations would enhance our ability to effectively monitor agriculture The Agriculture COP of GEO

GEO Agricultural Monitoring COP Building on existing systems

Agricultural Monitoring Systems Contributing to the GEO Agriculture Monitoring Task

UN-FAO GIEWS Provides global information on food supply and demand provides early warnings of impending food crises in individual countries

USAID FEWS Famine Early Warning System Focus on access to food (Africa, Central America & Afghanistan) Geographically characterizes vulnerability and interprets hazards to food insecurity through: –Routine monitoring of rainfall, vegetation, crops, and market prices

MARS-FOOD Crop Monitoring System European Commission Joint Research Center (JRC) Crop Assessment Process Data collection & retrieval Earth Observation Data Meteorological Data Agronomic Database WEB Information European Media Monitor Processing & Analysis C-NDVI Crop GMS WS IndexDissemination - EU Delegations - National EW Agencies - Int. Institutions (FAO, …) Bulletin Dissemination Data DisseminationReporting

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

Crop condition monitoring (monthly) Production Forecast (season) Monitoring 26 countries China Crop Watch 作物长势监测 - 每月 主要作物作物产量监测 - 每季 全球 26 个国家 CropWatch website

GEO´s coordination role in support of agricultural monitoring Help establishing an operational and sustained system of satellites with optimal requirements. Networking of institutions across the globe working with key partnership and membership. Foster the development of capacity at national and regional levels to incorporate Earth Observation data into their monitoring systems. © GEO Secretariat

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