overview of the global land cover network initiative (glcn) strategies for land cover mapping

.GLOBAL LAND COVER NETWORK/ASIACOVER WORKSHOP

Overview Of The Overview Of The Global Land Cover Network Global Land Cover Network

InitiativeInitiative(GLCN)(GLCN)

Strategies for Land Cover Strategies for Land Cover Mapping Mapping

and Monitoringand Monitoring

John S. LathamJohn S. LathamGLCN Co-ordinatorGLCN Co-ordinator

SDRN, FAOSDRN, FAO


Country Core Requirements Rely Heavily on Land Country Core Requirements Rely Heavily on Land Cover DataCover Data

For: Environmental, Food Security, and Humanitarian Programmes.

In support of :Sustainable Development and stewardship of natural resources, environmental protection, disaster mitigation.

The underlying principles are: Affirmed by UNCED Agenda 21, reconfirmed at WSSD and the General Assembly’s Millennium Declaration, activate through many initiatives including MA.


UN Core Requirements also Rely Heavily on Land UN Core Requirements also Rely Heavily on Land Cover Data - common driving forces for harmonised Cover Data - common driving forces for harmonised

informationinformation

1 NATIONAL AND INT. RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER AGENDA 21 -1 NATIONAL AND INT. RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER AGENDA 21 -FAO/UNEP ESP. CHAPTER 10 & 40(FAO/UNEP ESP. CHAPTER 10 & 40( INTEGRATED PLANNING INTEGRATED PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND RESOURCES & INFO FOR AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND RESOURCES & INFO FOR DECSIONS MAKERS)DECSIONS MAKERS)

2 STANDARDISTION FOR INPUT TO UNCED CONVENTIONS- 2 STANDARDISTION FOR INPUT TO UNCED CONVENTIONS- CBD, CCC, CCD.CBD, CCC, CCD.

3 GLOBAL TOTAL CARBON INITIATIVE - TCI/KYOTO PROTOCOL3 GLOBAL TOTAL CARBON INITIATIVE - TCI/KYOTO PROTOCOL

4 TO MEET THE GROWING DEMANDS OF 4 TO MEET THE GROWING DEMANDS OF INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONALPROGRAMMES FOR HARMONISATION OF PROGRAMMES FOR HARMONISATION OF TRANSBOUNDARY ISSUES- FOOD SECURITY, TRANSBOUNDARY ISSUES- FOOD SECURITY, DESERTIFICATION, DEFORESTATION, WATERSHED DESERTIFICATION, DEFORESTATION, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ETCMANAGEMENT ETC..


PovertyPoverty EducationEducation Gender EqualityGender Equality Child MoralityChild Morality Maternal HealthMaternal Health HIV/AIDS MalariaHIV/AIDS Malaria EnvironmentEnvironment Global PartnershipsGlobal Partnerships

AchievingAchieving the MDGs the MDGs

Earth DataGIS Systems

ProfessionalsStandards

SDI


OVERVIEW GLCN The Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) initiative is the result of a common effort of FAO and UNEP to answer the need expressed by the international community for a global land cover standardized data base.

The GLCN initiative is based on the recommendations of the Agenda 21 for coordinated, systematic and harmonized collection and assessment of data on land cover and environmental conditions, especially for monitoring degradation: remote sensing and Ggeographical Iinformation Systems (GIS) technologies are used.

Presently, the GLCN is the first example of an operational global initiative in the domain of geographical information.

As a result of this effort and as another step towards development of a global, harmonized land cover classification and mapping strategy, with the objective to provide direction, focus and guidance for harmonization of land cover mapping and monitoring at national, regional and global levels.

This initiative has been launched at the conference “Strategies for Global Land Cover Mapping and Monitoring” held in Florence 6-8 May 2002 during which a common final declaration (the Artimino declaration) was issued.


Management Framework

NSDI Components

SupportiveInformation Policy /

Data Standards

Computing and Network

Technology

Custom Applicationsfor Data Access / Use

CapacityBuilding &

Communications

Structured Framework Layers

Spatial, Tabular Data

Integrated, efficient, cost-effective infrastructure

Enables national priorities and economic renewal.

•Land administration;•Natural resource management;•Environmental management;•Land use planning and development

Information Management SupportsEmpowering NSDI’s


A New Programme to Improve Global Land A New Programme to Improve Global Land Cover Information AccessCover Information Access

A joint FAO/UNEP initiative, known as the Global Land Cover Network or A joint FAO/UNEP initiative, known as the Global Land Cover Network or GLCNGLCN

Objectives:

- Methods and standards to harmonize regional and local land cover information.

- Develop Networks and Linkages among co-operating organizations.

- Development of a high resolution global land cover data set based on a common standard.

- Implementation of a distributed service to provide comparable products at global, regional, and national and lower levels.

- Training, and institution-building to maximize benefits for developing countries.

-Operational development and use by national stakeholders


Biophysical/biogeochemical consequences of land use

change

Human drivers of land use change

Impacts on sustainability

Land cover observations

UNDERSTANING OF CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LAND COVER/USE CHANGE


EnvironmentalEnvironmentalsuitabilitysuitability

InfrastructureInfrastructure

Socio-Socio-economicseconomics

Land coverLand cover

Multiple data sourcesMultiple data sources


Areas forAreas forsustainable developmentsustainable development

Integration for sustainable developmentIntegration for sustainable development


Real WorldObject

User(s)

Spatial Information Chain

Data Collection

InformationExtraction

InformationIntegration

DATAObservations & Measurements

INFORMATIONData organized

& placed in context

KNOWLEDGEAbility to understand

& explain

InformationUnderstanding


Three Domains of Reality

The Need is to Organize and Turn Data into Actionable Knowledge

CognitiveDomain

(ActionableKnowledge)

SymbolicDomain

(Information)

PhysicalDomain(Data)

SenseMeasure

Count

Understandingand

ExplainingInformation

DataPlaced inContext

Measurementsand

Observations

IT ROLE

DecidePerceive

ComputeTransfer

Symbolize

Sense


How is FAO Supporting Geo- Information VALUE ADDED

BY IT

Data

Information

Knowledge

Decisions

Actions

Meaning

Integration

Relevance

Collaboration

Reference: The Gartner Group

PHYSICAL

SYMBOLIC

COGNITIVE

SENSORS & FIELD DATA

MEASURING& MONITORING AGRICULTURE ( PREDICIT/FORECAST)

ENHANCED FARM MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION AGRICULTUREENTERPRISE


Global Land Cover 2000- JRC at Scale 1:1,000,000 - raster based

Georeferenced Land Cover Initiatives -Africover/Asiacove/ S.AMERICA National Scale : 1:250,000-1:100,000 - vector based

Global Land Cover Scale 1:5-2,000,000 - raster based

Local Soil Information System at Scale 1:20,000 - vector based

Catchment Information System at Scale 1:50,000 - vector based

IGBP1991

GLC 2000Global Map

Member States

Regions

Local

Global assessments

Spatial planningLocal Planning

LCCS LCCS

harmonisation/harmonisation/

translationtranslation

A Nested Land Cover System


Building a Global Coalition---Partnership

•A number of initiatives are already in existence A number of initiatives are already in existence

• No single entity at national, regional or international No single entity at national, regional or international level can do it alonelevel can do it alone

•Added-value for synergization and harmonizationAdded-value for synergization and harmonization

• Key partners: governments, industry, academic Key partners: governments, industry, academic institutions, in addition to operational programmes and institutions, in addition to operational programmes and organizations- we invite the African community here to organizations- we invite the African community here to become an active participant in this process and to become an active participant in this process and to become engaged as incubators for ASIAN become engaged as incubators for ASIAN implementationimplementation

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