Early Warning, Forecasting and
Operational Flood Risk Monitoring
in Asia
The flood workshop was held from 2-4
December 2002 were scientists from
China, India, Bangladesh and Cambodia
presented the state of flood forecasting
and monitoring in their counties.
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GEWEX
GEWEX is an integrated program of research, observations,
and science activities ultimately leading to the prediction
of global and regional climate. UNEP GRID Sioux Falls
assembled databases consisting
of AVHRR NDVI, land cover, elevation, drainage basin and
population data extracted from databases
available at the USGS EROS Data Center and UNEP.
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North Korea
In February 1998, at the request of
United Nations Development Programme, UNEP/
GRID initiated a landform, land cover and
crop use intensity mapping project to develop
baseline information for assessing the impact
of these disasters and support agricultural
rehabilitation and food security issues.
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Mozambique
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Africa Great Lakes
The African Great Lakes region is composed of a variety of
ecosystems with significant biodiversity. The highlands are relatively
cool with abundant rainfall. Forests are also dominant in the lowlands
of the Congo-Zaire Basin, while grasslands and savannahs are most
common in the southern and eastern highlands.
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Central America
UNEP/GRID - Sioux Falls, in cooperation
with a number of agencies, developed a
set of maps and CDs about Hurrican Mitch's
landfall in Central America. This series of
maps, "Natural Hazards in Central America:
Consequences to People and the Environment,"
depicts the vulnerability of people and
the environment to tropical storms,
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods,
fires, and tsunamis.
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