EIS-AFRICA

EIS-AFRICA 2008 newsletters

African Ministerial Conference on the Environment

Twelfth session

Johannesburg, 10–12 June 2008

Report and Resolutions of the ministerial segment held from 10 to 12 June 2008

GEOSS Workshop for Water Security and Governance in Africa

Venue: Alicia Hotel, Accra, Ghana, October 24 -26, 2008

Time: Registration at 8 am on October 24

Fee: No fee; open participation (registration required).

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FOSS4G 2008 Call for paper and workshops extended!

Free and Open Source Geospatial 2008, Cape Town, South Africa. September 29 - Oct 3 2008, incorporating GISSA 2008.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION! 23 May

Due to demand, the Where 2.0 conference starting on our previous deadline and a website glitch with the original cut-off date, we are pleased to announce the EXTENSION of the deadline for Paper, Presentation and Poster abstracts AND the deadline for Workshop proposals to the *** 23 MAY ***. Go to http://www.foss4g2008.org and click on 'Call for Papers'. 

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