1. User Vice Chairs Report Liu Chuang Lorant Czaran 21th WGISS Meeting, 8 May 2006, Budapest, Hungry

2. 1.World Summit on Information Society 2. Users Programs Survey Continues 3. Follow up consideration

3. World Summit on Information Society Phase I: Geneva 2003 Phase II: Tunis 2005

4. More than 140 countries and 12000 participations to attend the Summit

5. ICT Based Near Real Time Remote Sensing Data Sharing System for Water Resources Research and Management of China Presentation by Liu Chuang, LI Maotang WSIS Tunis, 16 Nov. 2006

6. There is an urgent need for China water resources research and management to have a near real time information sharing and quick response system, especially for economic uses of water resources, reducing natural hazards and water pollution, protecting the dams security and scientific research on water-soil erosions.

7. Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Ministry of Water Resources Management of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences, the ICT based remote sensing information sharing system for water resources research and management of China has been initialed.

9. It consists 5 sub-systems, including : A distributed satellites data capture and processing sub-system in Beijing and Xinjiang, An aircrafts remote sensing system with fixed and moved ground stations, An integrated telecommunication satellite and high speed internet sub- system, A data processing, integration and mining sub-system and A multiple applications sub-system.

10. This is an unique facility and information infrastructure for near real time water related information sharing system in China, which marks a new milestone in e-research and e-management of water resource of China in the information society, it will greatly help China in Sustainable Development and better life.

11. 2. User Survey Continues: Are there any programs or action plans which missionary are close to that of WGISS? If yes, which kinds of WGISS’ resources have been used in these programs? Are there any new products created by these programs (data/tools/systems)? PIs, Participations, Products, Outcomes

12. Results 1.There are total 50 major international programs are user programs of WGISS and related to global environmental change: GEOSS: Disasters, human health, energy, climate, water, ecosystems, agriculture, biodiversity

13. Geonetwork (FAO/WFP/UNDP/WHO) UNESCO (Global Water) ISDR - International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

14. ICSU/ESSP 1.Food (GECFAS) 2.Carbon (GCP) 3.Water (GWSP) 4.Human Health (planned) 5.START

15. ICSU/WCRP 1.Climate and Cryosphere" (CliC) 2.Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) 3.Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) 4.Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) 5.Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) 6.Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE) 7.Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) 8.Global Analysis Integration and Modelling (GAIM) 9.Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 10.Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) 11.Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) 12.Working Group on Surface Fluxes (WGSF)

16. ICSU/IHDP 1.Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) 2.Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IDGEC) 3.Industrial Transformation (IT) 4.Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC, co- sponsored with IGBP) 5.Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) (co-sponsored with IGBP) 6.Urbanization and Global Environmental Change 7.Global Land Project (co-sponsored with IGBP)

17. ICSU/IGBP 1.Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES) 2.GLOBEC - Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics 3.The Global Land Project (GLP) 4.Atmospheric Chemistry 5.Integrated Land Ecosystem - Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS) 6.Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) 7.Palaeosciences (PAGES) 8.Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) 9.Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC, co-sponsored with IHDP) 10.Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) (co- sponsored with IHDP) 11.Global Land Project (co-sponsored with IHDP)

18. ICSU/ DIVERSITAS 1.bioDISCOVERY 2.ecoSERVICES 3.bioSUSTAINABILITY

19. 3: Follow up Consideration: GEOSS User Oriented Priority Areas and 2006 work plan: Users: Scientific research communities Decision makers Education Business Scientific research communities: Global Environmental Change Focused Programs: GEOSS User Oriented Priority Areas, UN Actions and ICSU-ESSP- IGBP/IHDP/DIVERSTAS/WCRP Programs

20. 3. A summary on WGISS supporting global environmental change research communities could be helpful Proposed Title of a Book: WGISS Supports Global Environmental Change Research

21. Proposed Contents or Chapters: Global Environmental Change and Sustainable Development Priority Areas and Programs of Global Environmental Change Research WGISS Information Infrastructure and Priority Areas WGISS Data Resources for GEC Research WIGSS Information Systems for Services WGISS Data Centers and Technology in Long-term Supporting GEC Research Products and Progress in Integrating WGISS Information Resources and GEC Scientific Research Programs Examples and Cases (?) The Future Role of WGISS in Supporting GEC Research within the Framework of GEOSS

22. Thank You !