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The Miombo Network

A partnetship of scientists, natural resource managers and policy makers interested in the sustainable development of the Miombo Ecosystem and region. .The Miombo Network home has moved from the University of Virginia to Penn State University, and is housed within the Global Environmental Change Lab within the Department of Geography.

The Miombo Network was founded in 1995 under the auspices of the IGBP, LUCC and START, and has national level activies in the following countries: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania &South Africa, with coordination provided through Penn State.


		Main Projects and Activities Miombo LCLUC: Study of Processes of Land Use and Land Cover Change (NASA LCLUC Program) Miombo Watch: Mapping and Monitoring Land Cover Changes (GOFC/GOLD) Southern Africa Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Integrated Assessment of the Zambezi River Basin Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Adpatation Options in the Miombo (AIACC/START/UNEP/TWAS) National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) for Least Developed Countries under the UNFCCC (CIDA, UNFCCC) Capacity Building in Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Environmental Modeling and Assessment (State Department)

Highlights of recent updates ... International Conference on Miombo Land Use: Process Modeling, Impacts and Implications for Sustained Development (NSF) Workshop on Regional Integrated Modeling: The Zambezi River Basin/Miombo Region (AIACC and Millennium Assessment and START) Primer on National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA, with Canadian International Development Agency and the UNFCCC LDC Expert Group) Africa Climate Change Vital Graphics (with UNEP Grid-Arendal Center) Africa and Global Climate Change Special Issue in the international journal Climate Research Africa Climate Change Policy Brief (with WWF) and Press coverage Remote Sensing Data for the Miombo Region (NASA and GOFC/GOLD) Data Bundles for Assessment and Modeling: the Miombo CD-ROM Series Course in GIS and Remote Sensing and Modeling (State Department) Regional Map Products (with WWF, NASA)

	Announcements ... NAPA Primer launch planned at COP 10 in Buenos Aries, Argentina, December 13th, 2004

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