Updated from the DGVIII internal management system 'GELIBU'
May 1998
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DGVIII GELIBU System
internal management system
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| Title : | ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT, INVENTORY AND MONITORING OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST ECOSYSTEM |
| Contractor : | CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (SURINAME) |
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| Start - End dates : | 01-01-1995 - 01-07-1996 (21 MOIS) |
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| Description : | 1.IDENTIFICATION & MAPPING OF FOREST TYPES, LANDFORMS, SOILS & CLIMATE 2.ASSESSMENT OF FOREST BIOMASS USING SATELLITE DATA 3.IDENTIFICATION OF ECOLOGICAL REGIONS, INCLUDING SHIFTING CULTIVATION & HUMAN ACTIVITIES |
| Objectives : | TO IMPROVE THE SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RAINFOREST ECOSYSTEM THEIR ECO- NOMIC POTENTIALITIES & DEGRADATION RISKS FOR ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
| Means : | SPECIALISTS ON SATELLITE IMAGERY PROCESSING USING LANDSAT & SPOT IMAGERIES |
| Results : | 1.GENERAL ASSESSMENT REPORT OF THE TROPICAL TAINFOREST ECO- SYSTEM OF SURINAM WITH THEMATIC MAPS & SATELLITE IMAGERY BASED ON GIS - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM 2.MONITORING METHODOLOGY REPORT 3.MAP OF POTENTIAL EROSION OF THE INTERIOR LAND |
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Information in the TROPICS system is provisional only
Comments and suggestions to tropics@odi.org.uk |
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