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GEO Work Plan Symposium 2014SB–05 : Impact assessment of human activitiesComponent C1: Tools and Information for Impact Assessment and Energy Policy PlanningThierry Ranchin, Mines ParisTech Component C2: Impact Monitoring System for Geo-Resource Exploration and ExploitationStéphane Chevrel, BRGM
Key 2014 Outputs • SB-05-C1: • A portal enabling the collection of, and access to, EnerGEO data (focused on energy and environmental impacts) • A modeling platform that will enable planners and governments to forecast and monitor the environmental impact of changes in the energy mix (not fully documented, under finalization) • SB-05-C2: • Demonstration of the potential of innovative EO methods and their integration into monitoring appraoches • Integration of spaceborne, airborne and in situ monitoring methods into EO-based products • development of “generic” EO-based integrated products for monitoring and assessing environmental and societal impacts of mining activities… • Organisation of stakeholder “trialogue” workshops • At mining site level with mining company, regulators and civil society • At institutional level with representatives from extractive industry (EUROMINES, ETP-SMR), EC DGs (ENV, RTD, ENTR,…), EEA, NGOs… • E-training facilities
EnerGEO Portalhttp://energeo.researchstudio.at/energeo/catalog/main/home.page
EnerGEO Platform for Integrated Assessment: http://viewer.webservice-energy.org/energeo_pia/
Global Urban Footprint (GUF) programme • Global highresolutionbinarymask of built up areas • Fromhighresolution SAR data acquiredduring the TanDEM-X mission • SB-04
(possible) Cross-Task Activities SB-05-C2 • Integrated EO-products tools and methods for decision making and georesource management at each stage of the mineral life cycle : EN-01-C1 • Stakeholder-driven census of environmental and societal criteria and indicators to monitor footprint of the extractive industry through relevant EO-based products and tools : IN-01-C1 • Guide of best practice for monitoring environmental and societal footprint of mining using EO : ID-02-C2 • Integrated EO-tools and methods for tracking pollutants from mining activities (in particular AMD minerals): HE-02-C2
Evidence of the Use of Task-related Systems, Datasets, Information Products, and Services(by which communities? use statistics? role of users in implementation?) • SB-05-C1: • Environmental, Energy and Health datasets for the impact assessments • Use of cohorts for air pollution impacts on health (epidemiologists)
Policy Linkages (e.g. Conventions, Protocols, International Programmes) • EU RawMaterial Initiative • European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on raw materials • Flagship initiative "Resource Efficient Europe" • AfricaMining Vision 2050 • http://www.africaminingvision.org/about.html • “how mining can contribute better to local development by making sure workers and communities see real benefits from large-scale industrial mining and that their environment is protected”.
Challenges, Issues, and Gaps Hindering Progress • Currently, there are no more funded activities under SB-05-C1 and C2 • FP7 Projects EnerGEO (C1), EO-MINERS and ImpactMin (C2) ended 2012-2013 • Component C2 • Lack of satellite borne hyperspectral sensor for mineral and vegetation mapping • Lack of continuity for ASTER data • But WorldView-3 data to come (at cost) • Lack of extractive industry engagement (private sector) or their representatives • How to identify, collect and harmonize in situ monitoring data? • Regional, national, global networks • Citizen engagement, citizens’ observatories • Access to socio-economic data • Local to global • DTMs vs. DEMs
Intervention needed from GEO Members and POs to Achieve 2015 Strategic Targets • C1 : Generalization of the task to other SBA (Human activities but only related to energy) • Presently impacts of energy uses • Cross cutting issues: water and health, atmosphere (air pollution) and health, … • Communities to support the work • C2 : develop close links with GEO IP to ensure minerals as one of the next GEO strategic targets • Role of China, EU, South Africa, US… • Newly created Working Group on Coal and Environment (WGCE) as part of the Energy CoP • Support possible global initiatives • Global mineral mapping from ASTER imagery • CSIRO’s Mineral map of Australia (IN-02) • PECOMINES-like global mapping (mine wastes) • Global illegal mining inventory (ex French Guyana) • Material Flow Analysis (MFA) for monitoring raw material extraction : contribution of COPERNICUS (EU) and GEOSS (global)? • Role of UAVs in in situ data collection?
Monitoring water turbidity and Hg content in French Guyana • Monitoring water turbidityfrom SPOT imagery (BRGM) • Hg monitoring network (ONF) : HE-02-C1 • Potential for mineralmapping of (illegal) miningactivities ?