EIS-AFRICA

UN calls for compromise in Climate Change talks

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   Breaking down the barriers to a Green Economy: UNEP 2008 Year Book http://new.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=528&ArticleID=5748&l=en

CLIMATE CHANGE: Biofuels Worse Than Fossil Fuels, Stephen Leahy

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP  DEBATE

WARMER EARTH MAY MEAN LESS FISH

SOUTH AFRICA ELEPHANT CULLING CONDEMNED

LAKE VICTORIA FACES NEW THREAT AS GRASSES OVERRUN THE WATERS

EIS AFRICA's February newsletter

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FOSS4G2008 in Cape Town - Open Source Geospatial: an option for Developing Nations

The annual Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference brings together the people who create, use, and support open spatial software. No other event brings together members of the open source development, open data creation, and open standards promotion communities like FOSS4G.

The 2008 FOSS4G Conference will be held in the fascinating and beautiful city of Cape Town , South Africa from the Monday 29th September to Friday 3rd October at the Cape Town International Convention Centre

In a change from the norm, the FOSS4G 2008 will incorporate one of the biggest GIS events in South Africa - the GISSA 2008 Conference - Interest is expected from the International and Local Communities who might normally attend FOSS4G, as well as a new and enthusiastic audience. South African interest is expected to grow in the light of our new government Open Source Software policy. And of course we expect the usual GISSA community in South Africa to attend, including proprietary GIS vendors, users and presenters. Open communication, debate and discussion amongst the ‘proprietary’ and ‘FOSS’ communities will be encouraged.

The Conference Theme is Open Source GIS: an option for Developing Nations

The conference program will explore this theme and more technical themes through a number of features and topics.

For more information, please visit:www.foss4g2008.org

The First 100 Steps to GEOSS" & "The Full Picture"

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Nature’s Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being

A new atlas of Kenya designed to improve understanding of the relationships between poverty and the environment was been launched. The atlas and its 96 different maps include significant policy and economic development analyses that will be useful to policy-makers worldwide.

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Accelerating Africa's Development to meet the MDGs: Challenges and the way forward for Southern Africa.

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SERVIR: A 21st Century System for Improved Environmental Decision Making in Mesoamerica

SERVIR is a regional visualization and monitoring system for Mesoamerica that integrates satellite and other geospatial data for improved scientific knowledge and decision making by managers, researchers, students, and the general public. SERVIR addresses the nine societal benefit areas of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS): disasters, ecosystems, biodiversity, weather, water, climate, oceans, health, agriculture, and energy. For example, SERVIR can be used to monitor and forecast ecological changes and severe events such as forest fires, red tides, and tropical storms.

Soil Atlas of Africa 

The Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), ISRIC – World Soil Information, the European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN), the African Soil Science Society (ASSS), and FAO conducted a survey amongst potential users of the Soils Atlas for Africa, to get insight into the needs and wishes about its content.  The preliminary report on the user survey for the Soil Atlas of Africa is now available for comment. Click here

SDI-AFRICA: An implementation Guide is available from the UNECA website in both English and French Versions.  Click here

Africa Environment Outlook 2 – Our Environment, Our Wealth (AEO-2)

Profiles Africa’s environmental resources as an asset for the region’s development.  The report underscores the need for sustainable livelihoods, and the importance of environmental initiatives in supporting them. Emphasis is put on what should and can be done with existing (remaining) environmental assets, in the context of identified constraints (issues), rather than focusing on what has been already lost. For more information click here

Final report of the Study of Fundamental Geo-spatial Datasets in Africa.

Front cover/Title page/Table of contents /Chapter 1/Chapter 2/Chapter 3/Chapter 4/Chapter 6/Chapter 7/Chapter 8/Chapter 9/Chapter 10/List of fundamental geospatial datasets / ENGLISH synthesis /FRENCH synthesis