SESRIC organised a Training Course on “Environmental Sensitivity Mapping in Suriname” within the framework of the Environment Capacity Building Programme (Environment-CaB) on 15-17 March 2017 in Paramaribo, Suriname. The training course mainly focused on the following topics:

 

 

• Introduction of Environmental sensitivity mapping (ES MAP)
• ES Maps: A History
• Technology Enhances ES Maps
• Color Copiers and Database Improvements
• Geographic Information System Technology
• ES Maps Guidelines
• ES Maps Today
• Environmental Mapping
• Transformations in Coastal Mapping: 1987 - 2007
• Controlling the Imagery
• The Way It Is…
• Photographing the Coast
• The Way It Was…
• Mapping and Delivering the Shoreline
• A Vision for Coastal Ecosystem Research
• stuaries: Where Land and Water Intertwine
• Sanctuaries: Marine Parks
• Coral Reefs: Rainforests of the Sea
• Coastal Oceans
• Introduction to Geographical Information System (GIS )
• What is GIS
• What is Remote Sensing
• Simple Definition
• Features of the GIS
• Vector (Feature) Data
• Raster
• What makes data spatial
• Why is GIS Important
• History of GIS
• Components of a GIS
• Soft wares
• Tools (functions) in GIS
• How GIS Works
• GIS Applications:
• Can I Use This in My Discipline?

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