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AFRICAGIS:
The "New" Forum for discussing Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) and Environmental Information Systems (EIS) in Africa.
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This is to announce that AFRICAGIS, a new listserver on
the Internet about GIS/EIS in Africa, has been created and is
now operational. Please follow the instructions below to
automatically subscribe to the list. Circulate this
information as much as possible among interested parties.
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Why AFRICAGIS?
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Although there is still a lot of ignorance about
environmental information systems (EIS) and geographic
information systems (GIS) in Africa, there is equally a lot
to learn about information that relate to the environment,
useful for natural resources management, decision-making for
socio-economic and development purposes.
Since it creation, the Program on Environment Information
Systems in sub-Saharan Africa, hosted in the World Bank, and
collaborative partners have help one way or another to help
raise the growing awareness and understanding regarding
environmental information systems (EIS), geographic
information systems (GIS) and their importance in Africa.
AFRICAGIS will serve as an extension to this program.
Goals
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The Program on Environment Information Systems in sub-Saharan
Africa Bank intend to help initiate a forum for discussion
and exchange of expertise on the topics of "Environmental
Information for Sustainable Development in Africa". Thus, the
AFRICAGIS listserver would serve as such and provide
opportunities for professionals interested in EIS/GIS in
Africa to address these issues, support each other and
network among themselves.
It is understood that this forum will be carried out with a
view that its success:
a) Will encourage meaningful debate and permanent
support from EIS/GIS Professionals, African governments,
institutions, the private sector, NGOs all over the world to
make use of environment information as an essential
ingredient in their projects and decision-making process.
b) Will force recognition of EIS/GIS program activities
in Africa. This recognition it is hoped will help planners,
resource analysts, engineers, demographers, geographers and
professionals address environmental problems in Africa.
c) Will help educate, and show that sustainable
development could benefit from sound environment information
collection, systems and their management.
What we seek and why?:
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Our request for participation is critical to the success of
the AFRICAGIS listserver. The exchange of technical
expertise, and perhaps the goodwill, of the debate on the
listserver remain the justification of its existence.
Be as brief or as specific as you choose to be. Be free to
add, comment and point out possible pitfalls. All responses
and feedback are welcome and appreciated.
Final Note:
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Our thanks to all who have chosen to make the creation of
AFRICAGIS possible and supported this initiative from the
ground up. Thanks also in advance to those who will be taking
part in the debate. Please subscribe and make it a rich
resources forum on environment information and geographic
information for Africa.
Dear Subscriber:
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WELCOME TO AFRICAGIS
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AFRICAGIS is an electronic mailing service provided
by the Program on Environment Information Systems in
Sub-Saharan Africa hosted at the Environmentally
Sustainable Development Division (AFTES) of the
Africa Technical Department of the World Bank, in
collaboration with UNDP, OSS/UNITAR and
USAID/WRI-NRICG. The Program is specially building a
network of institutions, organizations, groups, and
people interested in EIS activities in Sub-Saharan
Africa.
The objective of this listserver is to provide a forum
for discussion, and specially to promote the use of
geographical informations systems (GIS) and spatial
information on environmental issues as a support tool for
decision-making for natural resource management in
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Relevant GIS experiences and lessons learned from
other continents are welcome. However, the focus here
remains the African continent.
AFRICAGIS keeps an archive and an index of issues
relevant to GIS issues and a list of EIS Newsletters
of the Program on Environment Information Systems in
Sub-Saharan Africa.
AFRICAGIS is opened to any interested parties.
Subscribers can send questions, post information or
comments regarding specific GIS topics to the list.
Questions or problems related to the moderation of
the list should be sent to:
Koffi Kouakou (kkouakou@worldbank.org), EIS Program
Secretariat, AFTES Room J 3-169 Environmentally
Sustainable Development Division - AFTES; Africa
Technical Department 1818 H Street, N.W., The World
Bank, Washington, D.C. 20433. Tel: (202) 473-4332;
Fax: (202) 473-7916.
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From: Koffi Kouakou AFTES 34332
Message-ID: <01HGAUF21TVO94EI7E@mr.worldbank.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 00:37:00 -0500
Sender: Technology Transfer in International Development
Subject: AFRICAGIS - New Lisserver
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