RCMRD – Post GEO-XII Activations for Sub-Sahara Region Byron ANANGWE Product Development Exec. Mexico City, Nov. 2015

Supporting Earth Observation & Spatial Information for Societal Benefit

Land Policy, Governance, Land Management, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate, Disasters, Ecosystem, Energy, Health, DRR & Water

Education & Policy Advice Capacity Building

What are the Issues for EOT? Proper Planning

sound policy formulation with

implementation

Timely service delivery to people

Allocation of Resources

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MODIS @RCMRD • Atmospheric • Oceans • Land • Sensor Calibration

• Earth Observation

• Positioning

• Analysis & Visualization

• Sharing and Exchange

RCMRD ADVOCACY ROLE

Knowledge Management

Indigenous Knowledge

Best Practices vis-à-vis Appropriate Knowledge & Practices

Alternative Livelihoods

is used primarily in the food industry as a stabilizer such as in the soft drinks industry (Coca Cola, etc)

Gum arabic

Aloe

Other dryland resources

Sandlewood – cosmetic industry

Shea tree – shea nut butter

Amarula – Amarula wine

Health products help rebuild human skin, hair and digestive health

Dryland Resources in Arid Areas

Natural “plantation” of Aloe

Land Degradation Index Map

Land Cover and Land Use Change for Greenhouse Gas Inventory

•RCMRD is working with UNFCC on providing consistent, reliable, relevant Land Use Land Use change and Forestry (LULUCF) information by harmonizing data compilation at national and regional levels.

•We are using 30m satellite data for assessing the land cover change maps in 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010. The land cover change statistics will enable us to quantify the changes in greenhouse gas inventory.

These maps show Geographic location & Extent of the hazards

The path the Mau

has come!

FLOODING: ‘CREST’ STREAM FLOW PREDICTION MODEL

• SERVIR-Africa has been running a water resource assessment tool, a distributed hydrologic model called CREST, for a large domain in East Africa using NASA remotely sensed datasets.

• The purpose of the modeling effort is to empower the decision makers with timely information about the water resources conditions. SERVIR-Africa has engaged the Ministry of Water Resources in Kenya and is reaching out to other countries.

• SERVIR-Africa has generated historic hydrologic model runs, is running the model in near real time and is working on getting the seasonal forecasts in a few months.

• Rapid Land Cover Mapping • Crop Yield Estimation • Water Quality Monitoring • Rift Valley Fever Forecasting • Tsetse Spread Prediction • Coral Reef Bleach Monitoring

Research Development & Innovation

Challenges for SSA

• Availability of Fundamental Data Sets

• Out dated Map Production Technologies

• Institutional Frameworks • Funding

• Human Resource Capacity

Solutions

• Modern Technologies • Institutional reforms • New Funding mechanisms

Active Capacity Building Initiatives

• Weather and Climate Modeling • Early Warning • Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation • Policy Development • Humanitarian Planning • Satellite and Vector Data

Management • Interactive 3-D Spatial Visualizations • IWRM / ICZM • ICT

MAJOR INITIATIVES & PARTNERSHIPS - AfriGEO – GEO

- TIGER – ESA & ITC

- SERVIR Africa – USAID & NASA

- Land Policy Initiative – UNECA

- AFREF – AU & UNECA

- AMESD/MESA – AU & EU + REC

- GLTN - UNHabitat

Conclusion For space technology usage to become operational in national development:

• There is need for aggressive and sustained awareness creation among decision makers

• Development of Capacity Continuously • Development of a variety of space technology applications • Research and Development in space technology applications • Support of national and regional initiatives

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Thank you!

Byron ANANGWE (banangwe@rcmrd.org) Product Development Exec. Mexico City, Nov. 2015