A national training for government officers across environment and fisheries sectors, co-organised and implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Samoa Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) was completed last week.
The main objective of the training was to build the capacities of GOS and Government Corporations to increase their access to, and their skills in spatial data management, storage and use of GIS in natural resource planning.The training was organised by the Section of National Mapping under the T
A project to produce detailed maps of all the land on Earth through laser scanning has been revealed by researchers who say action is needed now to preserve a record of the world’s cultural, environmental and geological treasures.
For tropical forest carbon to be commoditized, a consistent, globally verifiable system for reporting and monitoring carbon stocks and emissions must be achieved. We call for a global airborne LiDAR campaign that will measure the 3-D structure of each hectare of forested (and formerly forested) land in the tropics. We believe such a database could be assembled for only 5% of funding already pledged to offset tropical forest carbon emissions.
This scientist couple created an airborne observatory to map tropical forests. Now they’re using it to identify threatened reefs. Click on the link below to read the full article.
SPREP would like to call for tenders from qualified and experienced GIS/spatial experts/practitioners of firms, who can offer their services for the above tender. Click on the link below for further details
SPREP would like to call for tenders from qualified and experienced GIS/spatial experts/practitioners who can offer their services to SPREP to coordinate technical assistance relating to spatial databases, data management, data delivery and technical capacity building for the Pacific Islands Prot
The GIS Officer will provide GIS technical support on all aspects of the IUCN’s Marine Programme projects. This includes spatial data analysis to support the establishment of EEZ-wide marine spatial plans and other aspects of marine resource management.
UNDP, UN Environment, and the CBD Secretariat launch a free, open-source platform to provide policy makers with access to world-class data for national action. Click on the link below to read the full article.