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Introduction
Scope of the document
This document describes the assessment of opportunities for mainstreaming the satellite Earth Observation (EO) information products/services delivered by the British Geological Survey (BGS) via the framework of the European Space Agency (ESA) eoworld2 initiative. The products/services were delivered to the Caribbean region and the World Bank (WB) primarily via the ‘Caribbean Handbook on Risk Information Management’ project (CHARIM) which is financed by the EU-funded ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program, managed by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, led by the WB team, and implemented with the University of Twente, ITC and the local users from various Government Ministries in the Caribbean region. The prospect of increased exploitation and additional opportunities in further WB operations, programmes and initiatives is briefly addressed, as is an evaluation of further actions to be taken to further grow uptake of EO products/services across the WB in future.
Acronyms and abbreviations
| AOI
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Area of Interest
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| ASTER
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Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer
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| BGS
|
British Geological Survey
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| CAPRA
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Central American Probabilistic Risk Assessment
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| CHARIM
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Caribbean Handbook on Risk Information Management
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| DEM
|
Digital Elevation Model
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| EO
|
Earth Observation
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| ESA
|
European Space Agency
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| EU
|
European Union
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| FP
|
Final Products
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| FR
|
Final Report
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| GIS
|
Geographic Information System
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| GMES
|
Global Monitoring of Environment & Security
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| GPS
|
Global Positioning System
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| KO
|
Project kick-off
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| LiDAR
|
Light Detection And Ranging
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| MDB
|
Multi-Lateral Development Bank
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| MMU
|
Minimum Mapping Unit
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| MO
|
Mainstreaming opportunities
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| NEMO
|
National Emergency Management Organisation
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| NERC
|
Natural Environment Research Council
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| OD
|
Operational Documentation
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| PM
|
Progress meeting
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| SOW
|
Statement of Work
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| SRD
|
Service Readiness Document
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| SRR
|
Service Readiness Review
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| SRTM
|
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
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| SUR
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Service Utility Review
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| SUD
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Service Utility Document
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| TPM
|
Third Party Mission
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| TTL
|
Task Team Leader
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| VP
|
Validation Protocol
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| WB
|
World Bank
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