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Inicio > The role of Global Observing Systems for Sustainable Development - Updated: 18-09-2002 2:37 pm
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Summary Conclusions and Recommendations by the Rapporteur, Prof. Walter Erdelen , IGOS Co-Chair, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO, Johannesburg, 30 August 2002
 The Challenge
How to integrate environmental observation data with socio-economic information for better decision making ?
Summary
- Today, a “fleet” of Earth observation satellites with complementary capabilities is available
Imaging sensors (1 meter – 1 km), radar to “penetrate” clouds, atmospheric sensors, oceanic sensors
- In-situ data collection systems needed to complement space-provided data
- Major efforts have been undertaken in data collection and harmonization by international organisations (WMO, IOC, UNESCO, FAO, etc.)
- Socio-economic data have become increasingly important for a better understanding of coupled human-natural systems
- Major progress has been made in the understanding of Earth processes (El Niño, climate change, disaster mitigation, land degradation, desertification, etc.)
- Growing interest in consequences of industrial transformation, land use change and mega-cities
Recommendations
- Need to ensure continuity of observing systems (space and terrestrial/in-situ systems) at local, national, regional and global scales
- Mechanisms exist today: CEOS, IGOS
- Need to be consolidated: 2 Type-2 Partnerships have been proposed at WSSD
- Need to create equivalent observing systems for socio-economic issues at local, regional and global scales
- Major effort needed to identify and define appropriate indicators
- On the socio-economic side there is no equivalent mechanism to IGOS
- WSSD offers a unique opportunity to stimulate the creation of such a mechanism
- Need to develop awareness and promote use of space technologies in support to Sustainable Development
- Need for a process to integrate environmental and socio-economic information products and develop integrated models
- WSSD offers unique opportunity to:
- Acknowledge/re-affirm high importance of Earth observation from space and in situ SD (role of CEOS-IGOS to be re-enforced)
- Stimulate cooperation between government and private sector in data collection and production of information for decision makers
- Assist developing countries, which lack resources to deal with consequences of environmental and socio-economic changes: need for transfer of knowledge, technology and resources
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