ARCP2008-14NMY-Okladnikov
| Title |
Human Impact on Land-cover Changes in the Heart of Asia |
| Research Theme |
Climate; Changes in the atmospheric, terrestrial and marine domains; Cross-cutting issues and science-policy linkages
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| Countries Involved |
Russian Federation, USA, Mongolia |
| Project Leader |
Dr. Igor Okladnikov, Siberian Center for Environmental Research and Training/ Institute for Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems, RUSSIAN FEDERATION;
Email: oig@scert.ru |
| Summary of Project |
The project will provide valuable input to all APN's three Agendas as progress in virtually all aspects of global change research and policy development requires consistent, reliable and transparent measurements of land cover change and understanding the role of humans in this process. Remote sensing is the principal source of data; however, the discrepancies among the available land-cover products hamper the use of this new remote sensing technology. All project participants are engaged in providing scientific input to policy decision-making by their local, provincial, and national governments and at international fora and the project will strengthen the regional linkages and develop new knowledge of the role of humans in changing land cover. The proposed synthesis builds on past and ongoing work of partners supported by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Global Change S ys t em for A nalysis, R esearch, and T raining (START), International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), and Northern Eurasian Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI). The project will lead to cooperation of teams based in three APN countries, capitalise on their past research investments, and ensure consistency of land-cover mapping across the region. |
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