Joan Bastide & Andreas HeinimannInternational Land Cover/Land Use Changes Regional Science Team Meeting in South/Southeast Asia

January 13-15th, 2016, Yangon, Myanmar

OneMap MyanmarOneMap Myanmar

The OneMap project

OneMap Myanmar is primarily a project of technical support to

enable the creation of an online open access spatial data platform

on land.

Speed of development poses a fundamental challenge for informed decision making

Fragmentation: Rural transformation is leading towards spatial heterogeneity and entails challenges for knowledge production &

(land) governance2. C

hallenges

Better data, Information & knowledge does not automatic lead to knowledge driven decisions

(“behaviour change” needed)2. C

hallenges

Sustainable development is about trade-off’s: Example land

Knowledge Navigating trade-offs

(sectors and scale)

Goal oriented and equitable

decision making

Sustainableland

management

Interconnectedness of land functions

E.g. draft Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Nr. 2: End hunger, achieve food security and adequate nutrition for all, and promote sustainable agriculture”

Data / information

1. Introduction

8

Knowledge for policy making

Data Information CapacitiesCapacities

InnovativeTools

Ongoing Processes

Stake-holdersStake-

holders

Year 1 Year 8

Standardization

Low resolution

Pilot areas Whole country

High resolution

Data Quality enhancement

Pilot datasets Comprehensive database

Prototype Comprehensive Platform

Immediate actions Long term vision

Easy integration

Publication

Early conclusions of the inception phase: setting priorities

Geographic:Bago; Mon; Tanintharyi

Thematic:Land tenure; Land use/cover; Basemaps; Land concessions & leases; Socioeconomic data

Technical:> Projection & datum> Data formats and stadards> Geocodes (Pcodes, etc.)

Multiscale approach

Tangoo:Data centered pilotIntegrated dataset as a showcase/proof of concept

Tanytharyi ?:Process centred pilot- Engagement- Bottom-up- Collaborative

MAP VIEWER – One stop data portal

INNOVATIVE LOCAL MAPPING: village boundaries, land use planning, etcMobile applications

Public participationPublic participation

OneMapOneMap

Feedback mechanisms: crowd sourcing approaches?

Metadata catalogue

Online document repository

National Land Law

Integrated geodata system

Partners and institutional setup

National Land Resources

Management Central Committee

National Land Resources

Management Central Committee

Land LawLand Law Land PolicyLand Policy OneMap Steering Committee

OneMap Steering Committee

OneMap Technical committee

OneMap Technical committee

OneMap Technical Unit

OneMap Technical Unit

Sector X focus Sector Y focus Practical focus