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UNEP Questionnaire for
Earthwatch Partners |
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PROGRAMME
NAME |
Global Terrestrial
Network for Glaciers (GTN-G)
GCOS - a Programme co-sponsored
by WMO, UNESCO/IOC, UNEP and ICSU
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URL/
Website |
http://www.fao.org/gtos/gt-netgla.html |
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Description |
The World Glacier
Monitoring Service (WGMS)
has managed the GTN-G glacier network since it was created in 1998. The
network prepares annual mass balance reports that can be accessed through
its homepage. These data sets illustrate the acceleration of glacier melt
in the last two decades and indicate that especially small tropical
glaciers may be lost in the next twenty years.
(WGMS - http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/index.html
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Agenda
21 - Areas of particular focus or interest |
Climate
Change - Human Settlements - Land Resources - Sustainable Development |
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Regions |
Worldwide |
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Data
collection, Observation, Monitoring
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Glacier
mass balance reports and related data -
see University of Zurich website: http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/index.html
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URL/
Data collection., Observ., Monitor. |
http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/index.html |
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URL/Assessment and Analysis |
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URL/Indicators |
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URL/Modelling |
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URL/Early warning mechanisms |
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URL/
Reports, Information dissemination |
http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms/index.html
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Major
Assessment Reports |
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URL/
Network dev. and support |
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Networks
managed by Agency/Prog. |
GCOS/GTOS
GTN-G
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URL/
Capacity building |
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Responsible
Office/Person
(for inquiries or follow-up) |
Dr Wilfried
HAEBERLI
Dept of Geography
Uiversity of Zurich – Irchl
CH-8057 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel.: +(41 1) 635 5120
Fax: +(41 1) 635 6848
haeberli@geo.unizh.ch |
