This project, conducted in Southeast Asia over two years, had a number of accomplishments: (1) the installation of hardware and software in Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam, (2) acquisition of satellite data, (3) training of researchers in Land Use and Land Cover Change (LUCC) methodologies, and (4) an advance-training workshop on ETM+, SPOT VGT and LTM models. Draft country reports were coordinated and compiled. In the second year, there was a follow-up workshop that generated a LUCC Southeast Asia LUCC-SEA Synthesis Report, the publication, of which, was fully funded by the APN. This project also contributed to the LUCC Focus 2 Project (Land Cover Dynamics) and its interaction with terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity in Southeast Asia, particularly in large-area rapid assessment of forest cover, networking through the Southeast Asia Research and Information Network (SEARRIN), and capacity building for remote sensing, geographical information systems and modelling skills.
Project • 2000-13, 2001-13