The workshop was held in Antalya, Turkey, on 26-30 November 2007. It was organized by
FAO
with the financial and technical support of the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), the
Government of Italy, the Government of the Netherlands and the Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Turkey, General Directorate
of Agricultural Research – Central Research Institute for Field Crops.
The FAO Sub-regional Office for Central Asia and the FAO Representative
for Turkey provided logistical support.
Countries
The workshop was intended for technical individuals from national
institutes involved in land cover mapping. Workshop participants
were envited from the following countries:
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbijan, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tadzikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and
Uzbekistan.
Goals
This initiative aimed to provide participants, who are mainly
officials from national institutes involved in land cover mapping,
with training on land cover mapping, LCCS and other geo-information
technologies, which can be used on both national and regional projects.
The workshop was also used to initiate regional collaborations on GLCN
projects.
OUTCOMES
Documents
Initiatives
- Software and Data Distribution
