Capacity Building - Ministry of Forest/Wildlife – Global Forest Watch Collaborative Convention
Progamme for the sustainable management of natural resources in the southwest Province
“THE APPLICATION OF THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM AND GEOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND
MONITORING”
A professional training course organized by the Programme for the Sustainable Management
of Natural Resources – Southwest Province with the technical support of
Global Forest Watch
INTRODUCTION
The training is aimed at building the capacity of Natural Resources Managers in exploring
advanced geospatial tools; Global Positioning Systems and Geographical Information
Systems. Participants drawn from the Ministry of Forest and Wildlife South West, World
Wildlife Fund (WWF), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), DED/KFW/German Technical
Cooperation (GTZ) will be trained on exploiting these tools for planning, management,
monitoring and controlling the use and conservation of the rich biodiversity of the South
West Province of Cameroon.
OBJECTIVES
The training is aimed at establishing a team of GIS users and operators working for the
Programme for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Southwest
Province of Cameroon. The training should enable the participants to make use the GIS
organisation of PSMNR-SWP (GIS/MIS) which is actually in creation. Technical support will
be provided by Global Forest Watch.
COURSE DETAILS
The course will be held from the 08th to 20th of January 2007 at the conference hall of GTZ
in Buea, Southwest province. Course language is English. For more information on the
training, please contact Mr. Frank Stenmanns through the address below;
Frank Stenmanns,
Technical Adviser, PSMNR – SWP,
Tel: 237 – 332 26 79/550 88 35
Email: fs-gfa@iccnet2000.com
COURSE FORMAT AND TOPICS
Global Forest Watch will provide two course instructors. The training will incorporates
theoretical and practical lessons, exploring standard ESRI training modules, group work,
practical case studies and field work. Topics to be addressed will include;
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Geographical Information Systems
introduction to Global Positioning System
Introduction to GIS concepts and theory,
Maps and the Global Positioning Systems
GIS platforms (ArcGIS, MapInfo etc)
Functioning and Practical applications of the GPS
Examples of GIS applications
Case study – GPS for surveying Natural Resources
Introduction to existing GIS resources,
Case study – GPS for monitoring and control
ArcGIS GIS Software
Fieldwork on Mount Cameroon Forest
Introduction to ArcGIS
Arc Reader
ArcGIS learning pathway
Introduction to Arc Reader
Exploring GIS Concepts
Viewing a map using Arc Reader
Displaying spatial data with ArcGIS
Querying a map using Arc Reader
Querying Spatial databases with ArcGIS
Printing a map using Arc Reader
Working with Spatial data - ArcGIS
Case study 1 – Interactive Forestry Atlas
Working with table/ Editing data - ArcGIS
Case study 2 – SW master plan data
Working with Geo-referenced data
Presenting data - ArcGIS
The application of Geospatial tools for Natural Resources Management and Monitoring
Capacity Building - Ministry of Forest/Wildlife – Global Forest Watch Collaborative Convention
Progamme for the sustainable management of natural resources in the southwest Province
Main training levels/requirements
Basic users - Monday 08th – Wednesday 10th January 2007
Training modules;
 Global Positioning Systems; Functioning/Applications,
 Navigating, Surveying and Monitoring Natural Resources Exploitation,
 Arc Reader; Functionalities/Applications in Natural Resources Management
Basic requirements;
 Participants may or may not be computer literate
 Handheld GPS receiver/ durable GPS batteries
 GPS antenna, data downloading cable etc
 Arc Reader software (free)
Advanced users - Thursday 11th – Friday 19th January 2007
Training Module:
 Geographical Information System (GIS)
 GIS Concepts/Platforms/Applications
 ArcGIS software; Functionalities/Applications
Basic requirements
 Participants are expected to be computer literate (basic Microsoft words/excel)
 Desktop or Laptop computer
Required Computer configuration;
 Operating System Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a (or) Windows 2000 (or)
Windows XP (Home Edition and Professional)
 Memory 256 MB RAM or higher (512 MB)
 Processor 650 MHz (or higher)
 Fast Disk (e.g., SCSI)
 OpenGL card for use of ArcGIS extensions like 3D Analyst
GPS/GIS resources on display during the training
A number of relevant and interesting Geospatial/Natural Resources Management related
Publications and maps will be on display at the training site. Participants interested in
furthering their knowledge in this field are all invited to stop by and consult the documents.
Some of these will include;
 Global Forest Watch/World Resources Institutes Publications and maps,
 Publications on Concepts in GPS and GIS,
 Publications on the applications of GPS in Natural Resources Management,
 Publications on the application of GIS in Natural Resources Management,
 Publications on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)
 Publications on the Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS)
 Publications on GOFC GOLD, OSFAC etc
 Map Gallery
Participants are encouraged to bring along relevant publications and maps from their
institution/organizations for display.
We look forward to working with all of you,
The application of Geospatial tools for Natural Resources Management and Monitoring