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GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL OBSERVING SYSTEM
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GLOBAL LAND COVER NETWORK:
How can we help in reporting from your country?
Provisional Agenda
Side-event during the third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the
Convention (CRIC-3) of the United Nation Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
5 May 2005
13:00-14:00 pm
Bonn, Germany
1.
Welcoming Remarks
2.
GTOS and GLCN: Beyond acronyms – Ms L. Spini, GTOS
3.
GTOS products and services in support of the UNCCD – Mr J. Latham, GTOS / GLCN
4.
GLCN and AfriCover in support of the UNCCD – Mr P. Sarfatti, IAO / GLCN
5.
The role of Italy as a donor country – Min. G. Scalici, Cooperazione Italiana
6.
The role of UN Bodies – Ms G. Shepherd, UNEP/DEP
7.
The role of observing systems in UNCCD – Prof. R. Valentini, UNCCD CST, Chair
8.
Open discussion
GTOS Secretariat, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla - 00100 Rome, Italy
Tel: (+39) 06 570 56804 - Fax: (+39) 06 570 53369 – E-mail: GTOS@fao.org
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GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL OBSERVING SYSTEM
&
GLOBAL LAND COVER NETWORK:
How can we help in reporting from your country?
Speakers
Mr John LATHAM
GTOS Programme Director, GLCN Coordinator, FAO (United Nations)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome – Italy
Tel.: +39-06 57056804 - Fax: +39-06 57053369
E-mail: GTOS@fao.org or GLCN@fao.org
URL: http://www.fao.org/gtos/
Ministro Guido Scalici
Cooperazione Italiana, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Piazzale della Farnesina 1, 00194 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39-06 36918101 - Fax.: +39-06 36914997
E-mail: guido.scalici@esteri.it
URL: www.esteri.it
Mr Paolo SARFATTI
Natural Resources, Istituto Agronomico per l'Oltremare (IAO)
Via A. Cocchi, 4 50131 Firenze – Italy
Tel +39-055 5061407 - Fax +39-055 5061333
E-mail paolo.sarfatti@iao.florence.it;
URL: http://www.iao.florence.it
Ms Gemma SHEPHERD
Dryland Management Officer, UNEP, Division of Environmental Policy Development and Law
P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi – Kenya
Tel.: +254-20 62 3282 – Fax: +254-20 62 4324/2788
Email: Gemma.Shepherd@unep.org
URL: http://www.unep.org/depi/
Ms Lucilla SPINI
GTOS Secretariat, FAO (United Nations)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome – Italy
Tel: +39-06 570 54174 - Fax: +39-06 570 53369
Email: lucilla.spini@fao.org;
URL: http://www.fao.org/gtos/
Prof Riccardo VALENTINI
Chair, UNCCD Committee on Science and Technology (CST)
University of Tuscia, Department of Forest Science and Environment (DISAFRI)
Via S. Camillo de Lellis 01100 Viterbo – Italy
Tel: +39-0761-357394 – Fax: +39-0761-357389
E-mail: rik@unitus.it
URL: http://gaia.agraria.unitus.it
GTOS Secretariat, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla - 00100 Rome, Italy
Tel: (+39) 06 570 56804 - Fax: (+39) 06 570 53369 – E-mail: GTOS@fao.org