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T1 Proceedings of the FAO/UNEP Expert Consultation on Strategies for Global Land Cover Mapping and Monitoring
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 
K1 land
K1 terrestrial ecosystem
K1 desertification
K1 land use
K1 remote sensing
K1 natural resource
K1 food
YR 2002
FD 2002
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32743
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32743
NO From 6 to 8 May 2002, FAO and UNEP held an Expert Consultation on "Strategies for Land Cover Mapping and Monitoring" at Artimino, near Florence in Italy. The Consultation, which was attended by about 60 experts from around the world, provided FAO/UNEP with advice on the merits and strategies for a proposed new Cooperative Programme: the Global Land Cover Network (GLCN). The primary goal of the GLCN is to improve the availability of global information on land cover and its dynamics. Currently available land cover information often lacks the required levels of accuracy, or is collected using a variety of different standards, thus preventing comparison between the regions and compilation of global totals.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026