IUCN Maldives Marine Projects has conducted an 8-day training workshop on ArcGIS for the Ministry of Environment (MoE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Marine Research Center (MRC). This workshop was held from the 24th of August to the 3rd of September 2014. Training was provided by experts from ESRI India, Mr. Krishna Rao, Dr. Shashi Kumar and Mr. Vishal Garg, and took place at the Ministry of Housing, Land Use Authority’s GIS Lab. This workshop was attended by a total of 8 people; Miss. Aishath Huma, Mr. Moosa Zeeban Saeed and Mr. Ismail Ajmal of MoE, Miss. Aiminath Fizna and Mr. Ali Nishan of EPA, Mr. Ahmed Fazeel of MRC, Mr. Gabriel Grimsditch and Ms. Fathimath Nistharan of IUCN. The workshop was successfully completed on the 3rd of September 2014 and successful participants received ESRI certification. The Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI) is one of the world’s leaders in GIS technology. GIS technology is a key decision making tool that can help manage multiple types of geographic data, assess, measure, models and improve workflow processes. Hence, this is a highly important tool for Maldives in order to study the environment, collect information on environmental phenomena and model how the environment responds to natural and man-made factors. GIS can also be important in identifying critical areas for protection, and in mapping out multiple uses of the environment in order to manage it more sustainably. We look forward to supporting the use of GIS technology in the Maldives!
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:10:44 +0000
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