News Archive 2004

 
 
 

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NOV 2004:  Initiation of Pilot Cases for Poland, S.Africa and Harmonisation of GSE FM and DUP-KYOTO Services

The GSE Forest Monitoring consortium received expressions of interest from new users in Poland and S.Africa. Additionally interest was expressed by partners to harmonise the DUP-Kyoto services such that a stepwise process to ensure that the service provision is in line with prevailing procedures and standards that govern GSE FM services are produced. Proposals for activities were developed for the pilot cases in Poland (with the Dept. of Forestry, Ministry of Environment) and S.Africa (CSIR) which focussed on services for the UNFCCC reporting, as well as the harmonisation of the DUP-Kyoto service cases. These were approved by ESA and activities were initiated.

 




SEPT 2004:  Successful completion of Stage 1

The GSE FM consolidation stage was successfully completed in September 2004. The key achievements of the first stage of the GSE FM were the positive user assessments of the Service Portfolio, the high value of the services provided, a cost-benefit analysis provided to the user community, and the development of an effective service supply chain. The services were delivered to 9 users in 7 countries with a total geographic coverage of 1.01million km2.
Additionally, there was a preparatory assistance to users in 6 countries which included countries in the southern African region. Thus the overall achievements of Stage 1 provides a substantive basis of technical and operational work that can be built on for an expanded stage.