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Project Geo-Information for Sustainable Management of Land and Water Resources in the Mediterranean Region

Project number ICA3-CT-2000-30008
Subject(s) AGRICULTURE , RIGHT
Acronym LAND-WATER-MED
Geographical coverage France, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Lebanon, Israel, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco
Budget (in €) 310000
Programme INCO MED (FP5)
Web site http://www.landwatermed.net/
Objectives - The objectives are to examine the need of the participating Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs) for monitoring land and water resources, the institutions and tools currently in use and the potential role of remote sensing as a tool for reaching a sustainable environment. The goal is to develop a co-operative process whereby the MPC institutions would have better access to up-to-date tools for land and water management. The watershed is expected to be the basic unit for this management. A series of meetings will be held, involving experts on environmental monitoring techniques and those on water and management. The first meeting will cover classification of watershed types and their problems, and the existing infrastructures and tools for monitoring land and water resources. Later meetings will deal with the details of monitoring and modelling techniques, and the development of an integrated decision support system.

- The main objective of the network is to provide a platform for experts from the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMC) to exchange information and expertise in geo-information systems for water and land management. This will provide a basis for all parties to work together on common problems. The general objectives of the thematic network include examination of the needs of the participating SEMCs for monitoring land and water resources, the institutions and methods currently involved in such activities, and the potential role of remote sensing as one of the tools for reaching a sustainable environment. The ultimate future goal would be to develop a co-operative process whereby the SEMC institutions would be modernised to utilize remote sensing and other modern geo-techniques as appropriate in land and water resource management.
Period [01/05/2001 - 31/10/2003]

Partners

  • INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
    DEPARTMENT MILIEUX ET ENVIRONNEMENT
    Coordinator acts as project coordinator
    Type
    Country France
    Web site http://www.ird.fr/
    Contact Mr. CALABRE Serge,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: +33 (0)1 48 03 77 77, +33 (0)1 48 03 08 29
    Email:
  • National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
    Soils And Marine Division
    Type
    Country Egypt
    Web site http://www.narss.sci.eg/
    Contact Mr. Mohamed Adel Yehia,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: ,
    Email:
  • Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem
    Water And Environment Research Unit
    Type
    Country Palestine
    Web site http://www.arij.org
    Contact Mr. Jad Isaac,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: 00972 2 741 889, 00972 2 277.6966
    Email: Jad@arij.org
  • Scientific and Technical Research Council - Tubitak

    Information Technologies Research Institute - Marmara Research Center

    Type
    Country Turkey
    Contact Mr. Hakan Kalyoncu,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: ,
    Email:
  • The Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre
    Modern Applications Department
    Type
    Country Jordan
    Web site http://www.rjgc.gov.jo/
    Contact Mr. Saliem Khalifeh,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: ,
    Email:
  • National Council for Scientific Research
    National Centre For Remote Sensing
    Type
    Country Lebanon
    Web site http://www.cnrs.edu.lb/
    Contact Mr. Mohamad Khawlie ,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: ,
    Email:
  • Centre National de Teledetection
    Service Etudes Et Developpement
    Type
    Country Tunisia
    Web site http://www.cnt.nat.tn/
    Contact Mr. Abdelaziz Lachhab,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: ,
    Email:
  • Universite Cadi Ayyad
    Applied Geology Laboratory - Department Of Geology - Faculty Of Science Semlalia
    Type
    Country Morocco
    Web site http://www.ucam.ac.ma/
    Contact Mr. Abdelkader Mokhlisse,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: +212-4-434649, +212-4-436769
    Email:
  • Tel Aviv University
    Remote Sensing Division - Interdisciplinary Center For Technological Analysis And Forecasting
    Type
    Country Israel
    Web site http://www.ictaf.tau.ac.il/index.html
    Contact Mr. Yair Sharan ,
    Position:
    Phone/fax: ,
    Email:

Funding sources

  • European Commission
    Source EC INCO MED
    Programme INCO MED
    Type
    Funding rate 100
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