AfriGEO Symposium - Session 5: LDN and Land Cover

LC and LDN data are critical to monitoring, planning, productivity and measurements in multiple sectors. This session shall look at data availability, appropriateness of available data, gaps and several use cases of available data.

Moderator: Phoebe Oduor

Rapporteur: Calvince Warah and Samantha Musinzi

Presentations

1. Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Gaps, SANSA, Nosiseko Mashiyi
2. GEO LDN- Capacity Building Working Group- Amos Kabo-bah
3. Hotspot Monitoring Service, European Commission-Joint Research Center, Steven Peeddell
4. A geospatial approach to assessment, implementation and monitoring of LDN in Nigeria-National Space Research & Development Agency (NASRDA), Matthew Adepoju
5. Misland Platform, Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel (OSS), Mustapha Mimouni
6. Assessing land degradation through land use/land cover change impacts and socio-ecological analysis in the rural semi-arid area of the greater sekhukhune district (virtual), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Juniet kgaphola

Discussions

Objectives

• EO roles in supporting land degradation neutrality
• Identifying gaps and opportunities that existing in LDN

Outcomes

• Better understanding on role of EO in supporting LDN targets
• Linkages in existing solutions that can be adopted identified
• Sectoral synergies in LDN at national and regional level identified
• Opportunities for engagement and collaboration identified