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2010 EIS-AFRICA Newsletters:

January / February / March /April / May / June(new)

AfricaGIS™2011 Conference

"Geospatial Information Science and Technology for Adaptation of Climate Changes and Future of Africa"

to be held in Cairo, Egypt, in October 2011. 

More details coming soon.

 

CALL FOR WOMEN SCIENTISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING AND NETWORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY

August 2010 - August 2012

Click here for application form

The call for applications to receive high resolution commercial imagery is now closed.

Recent EIS-AFRICA News Alerts:

IWMI Data Analyst Job Announcement in Pretoria, South Africa

Umvoto Africa and the CSIR Satellite Applications Center Request Information Regarding Earth Observation Activities

EIS-AFRICA Member CVs and Biographies:

Dr. Islam Abou El-Magd CV

Bhaskar Mitra CV

If you are a current member of EIS-AFRICA, then we can post your CV and a brief professional biography on our website.  Please send your documents to secretariat@eis-africa.org if you are a member and wish for us to post your information on our website.


Upcoming Conferences and Events:

2010 Pilot International Conference on Global Sustainable Development

ESRI International User Conference

Africa Agriculture GIS Week

AARSE Conference



2009 EIS-AFRICA Newsletters:

December / November/October/ September/August /July/ June / May/ April/ March/ February/ January

GEO 2009 Plenary Summary Report

AfricaGIS 2009 DRAFT Resolutions

UNECA JOB VACANCIES

Geoinformation Officer

GIS Officer

EIS-AFRICA year ending 28 February 2009 Audited Financial Statements:

South African Rand version

US Dollar version (for reporting purposes) 

EIS-AFRICA 2008 AGM minutes:

PDF

EIS-AFRICA offers an exciting joint membership programme which showcases our new partnership with the Association of American Geographers (AAG)

This partnership will bring unique opportunities to both our organisations and our members.  

  Click below to download EIS-AFRICA membership application forms and information:

Membership Application Form (English)

Instructions for Membership Application Form (English)

List of Membership Benefits (English)

List of Countries Eligible to Participate in Joint AAG / EIS-AFRICA Membership Programme

 

Cliquez ci-dessous pour télécharger les formulaires EIS-AFRICA demande d'adhésion et

de l'information:

Formulaire d'adhésion (Français)

Instructions pour le formulaire d'adhésion (Français)

Liste des avantages d'être membre (Français)

Liste des pays éligibles pour participer au AAG mixte / adhésion au programme EIS-AFRICA (Français)


Uganda Wetland Maps Will Help Reduce Poverty, Boost Economy


Uganda’s leaders now have access to maps that will allow them—for the first time ever—to reduce poverty through better management of the country’s wetlands.
See full article from World Resources Institute Click
Here

 2008 USGS African Remote Sensing Study

Aerial and Spaceborne 10 year trends.
Click here for PDF full report
or visit the website at

www.globalinsights.com

“Earth Observations in Decision Support
Projects.”
 
http://www.earthobservations.org/documents/cfp/200902_cfp_eodsp.pdf

EIS-AFRICA marketing pamphlet

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

Click here

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.

Click here for press release

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

Click here for the UN-ECA Report

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

 

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