GIS

April 2003
Awhere-ACT, a user-friendly geographical information systems (GIS) tool, is helping farmers and scientists in Africa to combat pests such as stem borers and the cassava green mite.
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April 2003
An IFAD project aimed at eradicating the Carambola fruit fly in Suriname and French Guiana is using satellite technology to effectively target infested areas.
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June 2003
The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) successfully uses Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology for water risk management purposes.
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February 2005
Juan Lubroth and Akiko Kamata explain how a software package developed by the FAO is helping veterinary services to prevent outbreaks and halt the spread of animal diseases.
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August 2005
Jeroen Verplanke describes the development of a mobile GIS unit to record and monitor the carbon stored in natural forests.
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October 2005
Any meaningful natural resource management programme requires maps and other geographic information for effective planning and efficient implementation. Just as one does not build a house without firm foundations, any project, application, servi...
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October 2003
Suppose you are an extension officer and you need information about the boundaries of a farm or on the soil properties in a particular district – life would be a lot easier if you could retrieve these data at will. Enter the Agricultural Geo-ref...
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March 2004
The Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD) programme has developed Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM), a community-based tool that merges GIS-generated data, local knowledge and traditional spatial information (cognitive maps)...
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August 2004
Advances in remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) technology have led to a dramatic increase in the amount of available geographic information – from satellite imagery and spatial databases to interactive maps. However, access t...
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February 2005
GIS Invader is an interactive geographic information system for registering aquatic alien species and creating distribution maps, developed by the Zoological Institute of the Regional Biological Invasions Center (RBIC) of the Russian Academy of...
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