NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT (NR) INVEST IN SHARING GIS/Satellite based Solutions for Investment Operations Speakers: Guenther Fischer International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Hussein Gadain Emergency Operation Service, FAOSO Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank Organizers: John Latham Senior Environment Officer, NRL Carlo Bravi Project Coordinator (Capacity Development), TCID Rimma Dankova Senior Adviser, TCID Moderator: Renato Cumani Land and Water Division (NRL) FAO HQ –ETHIOPIA ROOM C285/289, December 17, 2014
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT (NR) Main Objectives Focus on the application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to target investments Present on a number of geospatial tools, products and applications relevant to sustainable management of land and water resources Provide references and links to available GIS datasets and applications
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT (NR) Links to selected geospatial datasets at FAO GIS and remote sensing datasets (FAO GeoNetwork): Agriculture potential and suitability (GAEZ): Global Spatial Database of Agricultural Land-use Statistics (Agro-MAPS): Land cover and land cover change (GLCN): Global water information system (AQUASTAT): Global Fire Information Management System (GFIMS) State of World’s Land and Water Resources (SOLAW): Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA):
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT (NR) Agenda 11:00 – 11:05 Welcome and opening remarks Renato Cumani, FAO NRL 11:05 – 11:30 FAO/IIASA Global Agro-Ecological Zones data portal, Guenther Fischer, IIASA 11:30 – 11:55 Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) Project, Hussein Gadain, FAO Somalia 11:55 – 12:20 Modern Spatial Data and Analysis for Water and NRM Investments, Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep, World Bank Group 12:20 – 12:30 Discussions and closing remarks