Training courses

1st Targeted training course: "Land Cover Classification and Mapping"

12-23 Feb 2012, Islamabad, Pakistan [flyer - PDF, 0.5 MB]

First on-the-job training course aiming to develop local technical and methodological capacity in conducting land cover mapping activities according to FAO standards and procedures. Focuses of the trainign are:

• Introduction to practical use in FAO‘s Land Cover Classification System (LCCS)
• Satellite image interpretation of SPOT and Landsat imagery through FAO‘s tool box for land cover mapping
• Development of an LCCS legend and database of Punjab and Sindh.
• Field testing of the legend and estabilishment of a production chain

Target group:

Staff from provincial Crop Reporting Services and from SUPARCO with background in GIS, Remote Sensing, environmental sciences, agroforestry and cartography.

Expected outcome:

Staff trained in land cover classiffication using LCCS - the FAO land cover classification system and capable of applying it in operational land cover mapping.

Participants:

a. SUPARCO Officials
Name and Designation	Division	Qualification/Experience
Mr Shafiq Ahmed	SUPARCO	28 years experience of image processing & GIS. Conducted/supervised many different projects related to RS/GIS
Mr Arshad Ali	SUPARCO	MS (RS and GIS), 17 years experience in processing of remote sensing data for landuse/landcover, natural resource mapping, attended one week LCCS workshop held at Antalya, Turkey.
Mr Atif Shahzad	SUPARCO	MSc (Environmental Science), MS (RS&GIS) in Progress
Mr Raheel Ahmed	SUPARCO	MSc (Geography), MS (RS and GIS) in Progress, 2 years experience in processing of remote sensing data for various applications
Mr Zafar Jamil	SUPARCO	BSc, about 20 years of experience in processing of remote sensing data for landuse/landcover, natural resource mapping, attended one week LCCS seminar/workshop held at Islamabad
Mr Hasan Shahab	SUPARCO	B Tech (Hons), about 20 years of experience in processing of remote sensing data and GIS Development
Miss Riffat Shamshad	SUPARCO	MS (RS&GIS) from BUAA, Beijing
Majid Lodhi	SUPARCO	MS (RS and GIS) from BUAA, Beijing
Mr Muhammad Kamran Lodhi	SUPARCO	M.Sc (Space Science)
Mr Ghulam Abbas Assistant	SUPARCO	M.Sc (Space Science)
Mr Aamir Imran	SUPARCO	M.Sc (Space Science)
Mr Shoaib Shafique	SUPARCO	MS from BUAA, Beijing
b. Crop Reporting Services and Universities
Name and Designation	Organization	Qualification/Experience
Mr Nasir Hameed	Crop Reporting Services, Baluchistan	M Sc Statistics
Mr Muhammad Rashad Khan	Crop Reporting Services, AJK	M Sc
Miss Sumaira	Crop Reporting Services, Agri Dept. Sindh	M Sc Statistics
Mr Anwar Baig	Crop Reporting Services, Punjab	M Sc Statistics
Mr Zaheer Ahmed	Crop Reporting Services, Punjab
Mr Muhammad Jamil Khan	Crop Reporting Services, KPK
Nomination awaited	Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
Nomination awaited	University of Agriculture Faisalabad