Mr Maio Tebania ALD MELAD

 GIS in Agriculture & Livestock Division (ALD)  Completed work  Challenges faced  Possible solutions to future challenges  Plans for 2014

 Aid-Donors  FAO  SPC  GIZ  USAID  Technical staff from SPC/SOPAC  Dr Wolf Forstreuter and Mr Kataebati Bataua ▪ Providing energetic full-support

 Early 2003 GIS/RS has been introduce in Kiribati  MELAD ▪ Coconut resource assessment (ALD)  In 2009 a short training conducted  Vegetation mapping ▪ MapInfo & MapBasic, Access Database (MO)  2013 Coconut Resource Assessment carried out

 Mapping of vegetation cover for each islands  17 from the Gilbert islands  8 from Phoenix islands  8 from Line islands  Coconut inventory assessment  North, South Tarawa and Abaiang

Vegetation%Non-Vegetation%Total Land Area Kiribati Islands Phoenix islands Line Islands

Coconut%Other Vegetation% Total vegetation cover Kiribati Islands Phoenix islands Line Islands

 Coconut inventories assessment to carry out  Outer islands ▪ Chrismas, Tabuaeran and Teraina islands  Planning to establish the monitoring unit  in order to keep this kind of information ▪ Future reference

 Office equipment  Computers ▪ proper storage  Lack of a well-trained staff  Carried out assessment ▪ Coconut Inventory

 To seek more funds  Computer and storage facilities  Assistant from SOPAC/SPC  Conduct further training  Short term attachment with SOPAC

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