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UNESCO appoints Geosciences Department and the Center for Applied Environmental Research(CAER) Technical Network Partners
The Department of Geosciences at UMKC and its Center for Applied Environmental Research were recently appointed Technical Network Partners in the UNESCO crosscutting project on the Application of Remote Sensing for Integrated Management of Eco-systems and Water Resources in Africa. As part of this formal engagement between UMKC and UNESCO, Dr. Jimmy Adegoke, Geoscience's Assistant Professor, was invited to serve on the Advisory Committee of remote sensing experts that will assist UNESCO assess ongoing country-level projects in various African countries. During summer 2003, Dr. Adegoke completed project evolution missions to Botswana and Zimbabwe for UNESCO.
This crosscutting project is intersectoral in nature, bringing together the major programmatic sectors of UNESCO including Education, Sciences and Culture: the three pillars of the Organization. The project will help develop and test a process that will enable African countries to access and use satellite data, geographic information systems and communication systems for monitoring changes to water resources, vulnerable ecosystems and associated depletion of resources. The project also promotes biodiversity conservation through Education in Remote Sending-related and Communication-related Technical and Scientific Capacity Building.