1. NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT (NR) INVEST IN SHARING GIS/Satellite based Solutions for Investment Operations Speakers: Guenther Fischer International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Hussein Gadain Emergency Operation Service, FAOSO Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank Organizers: John Latham Senior Environment Officer, NRL Carlo Bravi Project Coordinator (Capacity Development), TCID Rimma Dankova Senior Adviser, TCID Moderator: Renato Cumani Land and Water Division (NRL) FAO HQ –ETHIOPIA ROOM C285/289, December 17, 2014

2. NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT (NR) Main Objectives  Focus on the application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to target investments  Present on a number of geospatial tools, products and applications relevant to sustainable management of land and water resources  Provide references and links to available GIS datasets and applications

3. NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT (NR) Links to selected geospatial datasets at FAO  GIS and remote sensing datasets (FAO GeoNetwork): www.fao.org/geonetwork  Agriculture potential and suitability (GAEZ): www.fao.org/nr/gaez  Global Spatial Database of Agricultural Land-use Statistics (Agro-MAPS): http://kids.fao.org/agromaps  Land cover and land cover change (GLCN): www.glcn.org  Global water information system (AQUASTAT): http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat  Global Fire Information Management System (GFIMS) http://www.fao.org/nr/gfims/en/  State of World’s Land and Water Resources (SOLAW): www.fao.org/solaw  Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA): http://www.fao.org/nr/lada/gladis/lus/

4. NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT (NR) Agenda  11:00 – 11:05 Welcome and opening remarks Renato Cumani, FAO NRL  11:05 – 11:30 FAO/IIASA Global Agro-Ecological Zones data portal, Guenther Fischer, IIASA  11:30 – 11:55 Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) Project, Hussein Gadain, FAO Somalia  11:55 – 12:20 Modern Spatial Data and Analysis for Water and NRM Investments, Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep, World Bank Group  12:20 – 12:30 Discussions and closing remarks