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GIS at LRD?. Managing spatial data at LRD and SPC. A call for action…. A personal view…. I’m not a GIS expert So why am I standing up here? I have been involved in some GIS development and have used GIS in my work. And that has shown me how really empowering GIS can be if you - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A call for action…
A personal view…I’m not a GIS expert
So why am I standing up here?
I have been involved in some GIS development and have used GIS in my work
And that has shown me how really empowering GIS can be if youDevelop a purpose
don’t get hung up on the technology too much
choose your software wisely
don’t forget about training
try to put the tool in the hands of the people who really need it
We generate a lot of data Our visits to countries
PRAs etc. People we talk to Things we see on the way
into town from the airport GPS coordinates
Projects we coordinate or implement Consultancies we carry
out or commission from others
Stuff we read Info we pick up from visitors
to SPC Workshop participants
These data are in
spreadsheets or databases
Word or pdf
hardcopy
people’s heads
Wherever they are, these data are mostly managed sectorally… Animal disease distribution ,
Pest/disease surveys, pest list databases
GPS coordinates for the locations of fruit fly traps in the PICTs, pest distribution, location of villages that have pig farms and waste management composting sites.
Participatory GIS – documenting traditional knowledge
Distribution and evaluation of germplasm conserved at RGC
Forestry and Agricultural Diversification team in collaboration with SOPAC are using GIS/remote sensing for forest inventory and monitoring
Yet we talk about the necessity of integrated land use planning by countries…
…and indeed of an integrated approach
…also allows us to make use of other relevant information
There’s a lot of other data out there that’s also geo-referenced
Population etc.
Climate
Land use, vegetation
Soil
Mapping of invasive species – African Tulip, Termites etc
Which can
Tell us about places where we haven’t been
“Domains”
Help us predict where problems might occur
Climatic adaptation of pests/diseases
GIS is a tool for managinggeo-referenced data
Jurisdictional Boundaries
Habitats
Buildings
Soils
Transportation Network
Elevation
Climate
Vegetation
Geodetic Control
AnswersQuestions
…and is also good for out-reach
People like & understand maps better than tablesPAHIS
Better impact with decision-makersPopGIS (SPC
Demography/Population Programme)
Can even be used to strengthen community participationParticipatory GIS
http://www.iapad.org/Mental maps
But we need to do some homeworkWhat data do we already have?
Inventory itPrioritize itDigitize itGeo-reference it
more completelymore precisely (where possible)
Also – what else is out there that can be useful?National
eg PNGRegional
SOPAC SPREP SPC
Demography/Populationand Fisheries programmes
International CI WWF SINGER
Lots of free stuff on the internet if you know where to look and what you need…
And finally we’ll need…A process for keeping the information up to
date, and adding data as it becomes available (with due security safeguards)
Resources to manage the system in the long term
Strategic linkages with key partnersTraining: Everyone in SPC-LRD should be
able to use the system, not just a “GIS elite”
What should we do now?We certainly want a coordinated approach:
Both within SPCAnd within CROP: isn’t that what the Pacific
Plan calls for?
We need to consult with key partners, and then get someone in who can help us chart our own way forward
Actions undertaken by LRDThe SOPAC/SPC GIS
& RS unit will establish GIS at the Land Resources Division
Will train LRD staff on the use of GIS
Develop customised GIS solutions at LRD
Will coordinate and guide the GIS work at LRD
The idea is to have a centralized GIS establishment in the Ministry of
Agriculture in the PICTs
ConclusionIf we want an
integrated LRD…
If we want an integrated SPC…
And if we want more effective targeting of our interventions in land resources management…
We really should use GIS more,
and more strategically, as
a Division