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GeoConnections Assesses Data Needs for Integrated Land Management Decision-Making Processes
January 07 2010
The sustainability of Canada's resources has an inherently geographical context. Maps are used to portray a variety of location-based information: land use, land cover, species ranges, forests set aside as carbon sinks, toxic sites and development footprints. Additionally, economic and demographic information, as well as planning information, such as zoning and cadastral data play an important role. Overall, geospatial information is a key aspect of sound decision making that is fundamental to the success of integrated land management, a key implementation vehicle to achieve system-wide sustainable development.
In pursuit of excellent geospatial solutions for sustainable development, GeoConnections has contracted Holonics Inc. to complete a data needs assessment for integrated land management (ILM) decision-making processes. With the direct participation of decision-makers from four active integrated land management projects, this data needs assessment for integrated land management will witness the integration and transformation of geospatial data sets into meaningful information for decision-makers and identify gaps in the technical and participatory processes that enable decision-making for sustainable development. Final project results will be available in February, 2010.