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T1 Environment Information Systems Development in the SADC Region
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 development
K1 Botswana
K1 Lesotho
K1 Malawi
K1 Mozambique
K1 Namibia
K1 South Africa
K1 Swaziland
K1 United Republic of Tanzania
K1 Zimbabwe
K1 Africa
K1 drought
K1 food security
K1 forestry
K1 training programme
K1 information system
K1 environmental information
YR 1995
FD 1995-06
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29892
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29892
NO This is a report of a workshop on: Facilitating the Development of Environmental Information Systems (EIS) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region". This workshop, which was the third in a series of regional workshops on Environmental Information Systems (EIS), was held in Gaborone, Botswana from 20th to 23rd June 1995. The Gabarone workshop was a follow up on two previous ones held in 1992 and 1994 in Harare to address strategies for promoting the development of EIS in the SADC region.The report presents a summary of the workshop presentations and highlights the state of E1S development in the various SADC member states and SADC regional programs represented at the workshop with respect to: goal and purpose of EIS programmes; technical set-up of the programs; training, data sources and quality; national awareness; product generation and distribution; current and expected impact of ETS programs; problems encountered and possible solutions.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 22, 2026