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Introduction |
Undertaking Land
Cover mapping of a country as expansive as Botswana using
conventional methods would indeed require a colossal investment
that ordinarily remains beyond the affordability of many
Third World countries. Remote Sensing, Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) are
modern mapping techniques that not only ensure rapid and
up to date map development but also ensure significant
budgetary reductions in the overall project investment.
The FAO Africover E.A project has developed a extensive
land use / land cover classification system that will
ensure standardized and uniform geodetic and classification
systems in Eastern and Southern African countries. It
is therefore important that most, if not all the countries
in the region be mapped based on these established parameters
especially for purposes of updating national land use
/ land cover maps as well as allowing better cross border
resource assessment and monitoring. |
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Objectives |
To develop an
updated land use / land cover map of Botswana in accordance
with the FAO Africover E.A classification system. To utilize
cost effective high resolution satellite imagery to develop
a national land use / land cover map for Botswana. Train
nationals from mapping agencies in Botswana in modern
Remote Sensing and GIS techniques developed by the FAO
Africover Project |
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Justification |
Most land use
/ land cover maps in Africa are not only out dated but
are non-homogeneous in their classification both with
nations and among neighbouring nations. This situation
has greatly stifled sound national and regional resource
planning and management. Uniform and standardized mapping
approaches such as that developed by the FAO Africover
E.A project will therefore be the true panacea of solving
most of national and regional natural resource planning
problems that have persisted in Africa. This project
therefore aims to commence a process of standardizing
Botswana’s national land use / land cover maps to homogeneity
with its neighbours for the sustainable national and regional
natural resource planning and management. |
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Target beneficiaries |
Botswana and its
regional neighbours |
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Inputs |
Topographic and
thematic maps, remote sensing data, hardware and software
and skilled manpower. |
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Outputs |
Updated and standardized
National land use / land cover map of Botswana Trained
nationals from mapping agencies in Botswana |
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Evaluation |
Progressive reports,
databases |
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Budget |
The project is
estimated to cost US$250,000. |
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Risks/ Assumptions |
The project will
be undertaken with assumption that funds are available.
It is hoped that the right targets for the training will
be availed to the training. These are mainly decision
makers together with their immediate technical advisors.
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