Mapping
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Note: See also 2nd Joint International Workshop on Bioenergy, Biodiversity Mapping and Degraded Lands
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)[1]
A geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.
GIS allows us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts.
A GIS helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared.
Land Use Mapping Efforts
- European Union
- International Efforts
- A reseach project of Oeko-Institut and IFEU, sponsored by the German Ministry for Environment (BMU) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) on global sustainable biomass trade organized jointly with the RSB and UNEP and in collaboration with CI, FAO, IUCN and WWF, the 1st Joint International Workshop on Bioenergy, Biodiversity Mapping and Degraded Landswas held in Paris from June 30-July 1, 2008.
- As a follow-up, the 2nd Joint International Workshop on Bioenergy, Biodiversity Mapping and Degraded Landswas held July 7-8, 2009 in Paris.
Biomass Potential Mapping
- US Government
- ORNL
- NRDC & the Conservation Biology Institute have worked together to assess the impact of ecological considerations on forest biomass projections in California and the Southeastern United States.
- The Indian Institute of Sciences Bangalore (India) has taken part in the atlas of biomass in India.
Mapping of High Biodiversity and/or High Conservation Value Areas
- Carbon, biodiversity & ecosystem services: exploring co-benefits. New interactive tool: "This tool provides interactive maps that allow users to explore the distribution of carbon density relative to areas high in biodiversity and areas which are nationally protected for different countries around the world."
- The HCV Network offers Global HCVf Toolkits and participates in the national interpretations and identification of HCV areas performed by countries.
Satellite Imagery
- NASA
- Google Earth
News
- Renewables Interactive Map published by REN21, 6 January 2010 by The Renewable Energy Policy Network REN21: "The Map contains a wealth of information on renewable energy, including support policies, expansion targets, current shares, installed capacity, current production, future scenarios, and policy pledges."[4]
- IDB releases new version of Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard, 11 September 2009 by InterAmerican Development Bank: "The Inter-American Development Bank has released a new version of its Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard, which will enable users to better anticipate the impacts of potential biofuel projects on sensitive issues such as indigenous rights, carbon emissions from land use change, and food security."
- "The new version of the Scorecard includes a spatial analysis tool that enables users to quickly access existing Geographic Information System (GIS) data regarding areas for biodiversity preservation. Future versions will add data layers to show the spatial dimensions of categories including water scarcity, cultural sites and high carbon sequestration areas, among others."[5]
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