Mapping

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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

The European Environment Agency carries out land-use characterizations for its territory: [2]

The European Joint Research Center - Institute for Environment and Sustainability oeprates several programs on land-use, including carbon, soil characteristic, and biodiversity: [3]

• International Efforts

A reseach project of Öko-Institut and IFEU, sponsored by the German Ministry for Environment(BMU)and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) on global sustainable biomass trade deals with biodiversity mapping and degraded land, and held jointly with the RSB and UNEP and in collaboration with CI, FAO, IUCN and WWF an international workshop on these issues in Paris from June 30-July 1. 2008 Joint International Workshop Mapping

• Conservation International

Land Cover Mapping Efforts

• IPCC

Biomass Potential Mapping

• US Government
  • ORNL

• NRDC & Conservation Biology Institute

• 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

• The HCV Network offers Global HCVf Toolkits and participates in the national interpretations and identification of HCV areas performed by countries.

• IUCN?

• UNEP?

Satellite Imagery

• NASA

• Google Earth