Methodology and Capacity Development

1. Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management – CACILMSLMIS Inception Workshop, Tashkent, 6-10 October 2008Sustainable Land Management Information System(SLM-IS) Methodology and Capacity Development

2. Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management – CACILMSLMIS Inception Workshop, Tashkent, 6-10 October 2008 CACILM Multicountry Partnership Framework Support Project The ADB-FAO Partnership Agreement foresees: • Inputs to the SLM-IS design phase • Provision of globally available natural resource base data • Training and capacity building • Land degradation baseline in CAC Implementation in collaboration withthe NSEC and the NSIU in each country

3. Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management – CACILMSLMIS Inception Workshop, Tashkent, 6-10 October 2008 • FAO inputs to the SLM-IS Design phase and documentation Mission of International Consultant (will continue after this workshop) • Assessment of existing relevant information and data in the participating countries • Integration of land degradation indicators into the SLM-IS considering LADA concepts and monitoring requirements of CACILM

4. Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management – CACILMSLMIS Inception Workshop, Tashkent, 6-10 October 2008 • Provision of globally available baseline data • FAO/LADA Land Use System (LUS) map for CACs including methodology, GIS routines and data bases • Trends in Net primary Productivity (NPP) and Rainfall Use Efficiency (RUE) taking into account 23 years time series of NDVI data • Building the basis for national land use systems (LUS) map • Provision of LADA documentation in Russian language (as and when required)

5. Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management – CACILMSLMIS Inception Workshop, Tashkent, 6-10 October 2008 • Preparation / refinement of the national land use systems (LUS) map • Carried out by each country supported by a Letter of Agreement between FAO and the lead technical institution • Provides the basis for national level assessment of land degradation

6. Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management – CACILMSLMIS Inception Workshop, Tashkent, 6-10 October 2008 • FAO Multicountry Training Workshops on LADA methodologies and procedures for national level assessment of land degradation including • Mapping • WOCAT-Questionnaire (QM) • Monitoring and Integration

7. Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management – CACILMSLMIS Inception Workshop, Tashkent, 6-10 October 2008 • Implementation of WOCAT-QM and preparation of national land degradation baseline map • Carried out by each country supported by a Letter of Agreement between FAO and the lead technical institution • Provides the basis for local level assessment of land degradation and ground truthing of higher level results

8. Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management – CACILMSLMIS Inception Workshop, Tashkent, 6-10 October 2008 • FAO Multicountry Training Workshops on LADA methodologies and procedures for local level assessment of land degradation Training of trainers using LADA Toolbox, Visual Soil Assessment (VSA)

9. Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management – CACILMSLMIS Inception Workshop, Tashkent, 6-10 October 2008 • Implementation of local level assessment in a number of pilot sites/GEF projects by NSIU • Not financed by the ADB/FAO partnership agreement

10. Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management – CACILMSLMIS Inception Workshop, Tashkent, 6-10 October 2008 • FAO Multicountry Inception Workshop Presentations: • LADA experiences with SLM-IS (Argentina, Tunisia) • Land Use System (LUS) mapping and the use of GIS in the approaches and methodologies of LADA • Integration of land degradation indicators of LADA in the SLM-IS • Training and capacity building under the FAO component of the CMPF Support Project Agree on coordinated workplan (FAO+NSIU+MSEC)

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