Fostering Earth Observation Regional Networks – Integrative and iterative approaches to capacity building

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Fostering Earth Observation Regional Networks – Integrative and iterative approaches to capacity building

Fostering Earth Observation Regional Networks – Integrative and iterative approaches to capacity building

 

Senay Habtezion (shabtezion@start.org) / Hassan Virji (hvirji@start.org)

Global Change SySTem for Analysis, Training and Research (START) (www.start.org)

2000 Florida Avenue NW, Suite 200

Washington, DC 20009 USA

As part of the Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) project partnership effort to promote use of earth observations in advancing scientific knowledge, START works to bridge capacity needs related to earth observations (EOs) and their applications in the developing world. GOFC-GOLD regional networks, fostered through the support of regional and thematic workshops, have been successful in (1) enabling participation of scientists for developing countries and from the US to collaborate on key GOFC-GOLD and Land Cover and Land Use Change (LCLUC) issues, including NASA Global Data Set validation and (2) training young developing country scientists to gain key skills in EOs data management and analysis. Members of the regional networks are also engaged and reengaged in other EOs programs (e.g. visiting scientists program; data initiative fellowship programs at the USGS EROS Center and Boston University), which has helped strengthen these networks. The presentation draws from these experiences in advocating for integrative and iterative approaches to capacity building through the lens of the GOFC-GOLD partnership effort. Specifically, this presentation describes the role of the GODC-GOLD partnership in nurturing organic networks of scientists and EOs practitioners in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

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