1. By Dr. K. D. Singh, President Academy of Forest and Environmental Sciences, India GEO Strategy for Capacity Development: post 2015GEO Strategy for Capacity Development: post 2015 With Special Reference to Tropical Regions 1

2. MAIN SECTIONS 1. THE CURRENT CAPACITY IN THE TROPICAL REGIONS 2. REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE TOPICAL COUNTRIES 3. STRENGTHENING OF GLOBAL / REGIONAL SUPPORT NETWORK 4. DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE ON TROPICAL FORESTS 5. LESSONS OF INTERREGIONAL COUNTRY CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT, 1995-98 GEO Strategy for Capacity Development: post 2015GEO Strategy for Capacity Development: post 2015 With Special Reference to Tropical Regions 1

3. COUNTRY CAPACITY IN TROPICAL REGIONS COUNTRY CAPACITY IN TROPICAL REGIONS GOFC –GOLD SURVEY 2009GOFC –GOLD SURVEY 2009 Only 3 out of the 99 countries scored very good for both forest area change monitoring and volume assessments, while less than 20% had submitted a complete GHG inventory; but, 70% of countries seemed to have serious limitations to provide complete and accurate national estimates

4. POPULATION AND ECONOMY:POPULATION AND ECONOMY: DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPINGDEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING

5. RURAL ENERGY USERURAL ENERGY USE

6. CULTURAL DEPENDENCE ON NATURAL ECOSYSTEM IN (CENTRAL HIMALAYAS)

7. INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF GEO ININSTITUTIONALIZATION OF GEO IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIES 1. INFORMATION GATHERING2. CAPACITY BUILDING 1.1 Databases management2. 1 Institution Development 1.2 Processed results2.2 Skills 1.3 Studies and models2.3 Standards 1.4 Reports2.4 Methodologies

8. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR GLOBAL FOREST ASSESSMENT 1990

9. INSTITUTIONAL NETWORKS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING IN FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENTS

10. STRENGTHENING OF REGIONAL COOPERATION IN MONITORING BIODIVERSITY IN COUNTRIES OF ASIA & THE PACIFIC REGION Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (affiliated to UN) In Collaboration with the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Forest Survey of India & Academy of Forests & Environmental Sciences

11. THE EPILOGUETHE EPILOGUE “The history of international assistance shows that donors and partner countries alike have tended to look at capacity development as mainly a technical process, or as a transfer of knowledge or models from North to South. It is not that. What it involves is a fundamental change in development paradigm including focusing on capacity as an endogenous process, agreeing at country level on capacity objectives and monitoring outcomes from the perspective of the beneficiaries. Such changes could have a substantial impact on capacity development outcomes.”

12. Thank You!Thank You! By Dr. K. D. Singh, PresidentBy Dr. K. D. Singh, President Academy of Forest and Environmental Sciences, IndiaAcademy of Forest and Environmental Sciences, India