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What is required?
The goal of IGOS is to produce comprehensive global, regional and national data and information to satisfy the environmental information needs of policy-makers, and to support scientific and operational environmental programmes. The applications of the information products generated by IGOS Partners are driven by the priorities set by the broader strategic framework of environmental information for decision-making such as:
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Climate change |
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Forecasting seasonal to inter-annual climate variability |
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Sustainable management and protection of oceans and coastal areas |
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Freshwater resources management |
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Biological diversity |
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Desertification |
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Natural disaster reduction |
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Global forest cover |
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Land-based activities affecting the marine and aquatic environments |
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Food security |
It is hoped that the results under the common strategy will increase
scientific understanding, help provide early warning of natural disasters
and guide policy-making for sustainable development and environmental
protection. At the same time, opportunities will be created for capacity
building and assisting countries to obtain maximum benefit from the total
set of observations. IGOS will provide governments with an overarching
picture of all the components of the observing systems and will enable
them to see how their current contributions fit in the overall system
for collecting the information required for policy development. Governments
will also receive information that will allow them to target their future
contributions most cost-effectively.
