Environment

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The project was designed with the ‘ability to access information and data to assist in planning and decision making’ in mind thus key project’s impacts were of the impacts of ICT, GIS and the mapserver on decision-making in view of achieving the key result areas of the project. Indicators: -Number of staff successfully completed GIS & RS training -Number of training conducted -Number of (improved/new) policies developed as a result of project intervention -Savings made Guidelines developed -Improved awareness (Pacific Regional GIS/RS User Conference) -Capacity Built (training/mapserver) -Improved Resource Management/Mapping Stakeholders: 14 Pacific ACP government institutions that manage minerals including aggregates and water and the hazard and risk management agencies, private sectors and communities. Number of staff successfully completed GIS/RS training: more than 300 Number of training conducted: about 20 to date Improved Natural Resources Management/Mapping Stakeholder: Forestry Department and private landowners The Project work with the forest sector and private landowners to priorities different areas for conservation and resource extraction across whole landscapes and to develop forestry certification guidelines that help achieve landscape level conservation and renewable resource goals. This process included: Identification and mapping of representative conservation areas and corridors using GIS/RS Mapping of forests in terms of their value for ecosystems services and non-timber forest products using GIS/RS Guidelines for minimum area requirements for sensitive species and ecological processes Identification of focal species for monitoring and management recommendations for landscape features and management prescriptions for protected forests, exploited forests and plantations. Fiji Electricity Authority through the project GIS and data base record of all distribution assets and keep track of maintenance and servicing of most of its overhead equipment thus saving time and money. Fiji Water and Sewerage Authority - mapping of assets using GPS. Able to locate illegal connections and appropiate action were undertaken. Fiji Pine Limited (FPL) Project task: mapping of mahogany plantations Jan - Feb 2003 FPL recorded a loss of $34,000 in cartage costs. The project assisted FPL capturing GIS data of where the mature mahogany are located. FPL recorded a savings of $292,700, resulting in a net savings of $258,700 Native Land Trust Board - Use of Global Positioning System, increased mapping speed about ten times thus able to meet customers’ demands. Land cover information for management of Native Leases Forestry Departments throughout the 14 Pacific ACP States Applications in resource mapping – mapping of mature coconuts location and determine the areas needs for replanting Number of (improved/new) policies developed as a result of project intervention: In the workplan of the project an economic analysis looking at how ICT, GIS mapserver affect decision making will be conducted in 2006 specifically to assess the value of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) outputs of the Project in the water distribution sector in Fiji for example. The assessment will focus on the value of the Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographic Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS) data, related geo-referenced data, and Fiji MapServer through its use by the Public Works Department for water distribution in Sigatoka, Southern Viti Levu, Fiji through: -Identifying the (potential) users of the Project's ICT outputs. -Identifying the types of decision to which the ICT outputs are / will be applied. -Identifying the contribution the ICT outputs are making / will make in changing (improving) decisions. -Using an appropriate method, measure and value the improvement in decision-making. -Estimating the cost of producing the ICT outputs, including training and equipment costs. -Using an appropriate method, demonstrate the value of the ICT outputs, comparing the costs and benefits. -Identifying constraints to achieving the potential benefits of the ICT outputs and recommend ways of overcoming these constraints to maximise these benefits.

the community has show openses and willing for the program and satisfied

Increase of public awareness - number of visitors to the site - CULTNAT premises.

The increasing number of subscribers and stakeholders is a good indicator of the project's impact. We have started the project with a single supporter, and nowadays we have more than 20 institutions, small and big, governamental and non-governamental, educational and commercial involved in the project, contributing to the improvement and development of this project. Also at the beginning only two people were reponsible for updating the platform, and nowadays we are a team of 9 (nine) people and the service reaches every day more than 400 subscribers. We have to mention the broad number of sites from NGOs, governments, companies and other media initiatives reproducing our content (see section 21. Media Contacts of this form) to give an idea about the impact of the project. The information we work with has two main proposals: to raise public awarness on environmental topics and to help the articulation and networking process of social movements.

Increase of public awareness - number of visitors to the site and to CULTNAT premises.