GTOS
Global Terrestrial Observing System

www.fao.org/GTOS/

Type of Structure:	network / framework activity
Regional Scope :	global
Parent Organisations :	FAO.UN, ICSU, UNEP.UN, UNESCO.UN, WMO.UN
Child Organisations :	GLORIA, IGOS, ILTER, MRI
Duration :	0 to present
Contact Address :	Dr. John Latham GTOS Programme Director Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN) FAO Viale delle Terme di Caracalla I-00100 Roma Italy Phone: +39 06 5705 4026 FAX: +39 06 5705 3369 e-Mail: john.latham(at)fao.org URL: http://www.fao.org/gtos

holding an official function in GTOS

Objectives of GTOS:

The central mission of GTOS is to provide policy makers, resource managers and researchers with the data needed to detect, quantify, locate and give early warning of changes (especially reductions) in the capacity of terrestrial ecosystems to support sustainable development and improvements in human welfare, and to help advance our understanding of such changes. It should be accomplished through the development of an equitable partnership between generators and users that meets both the short term needs of national governments and the longer term needs of the global change research community.

about GTOS

Last update: 2/3/11

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