South Africa - remote environmental screening (UN Environment 2019)

The remote environmental screening dataset shows the level of risk of environmental conditions associated with pollutants storage sites. It relies on a methodology developed by FAO in the toolkit “Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides” (available here: http://www.fao.org/3/i0473e/i0473e.pdf ) to calculate the environmental factor (Fe) of the pollutants storage sites. The FAO methodology has been modified and adapted by UNEP/GRID Geneva to include only questions with a geographical dimension for which good quality data exist at a satisfying resolution. The outcome consists in a remote environmental screening at country level (50 meters resolution) that is calculated as followed:

Score risk= (natural disasters x 10) + (human settlements x 5) + (urban areas x 5) + (public facilities x 5) + (waterbodies x 5) + (crops x 3) + (protected areas x 1)

More information about the UNEP/GRID methodology available on: https://owncloud.unepgrid.ch/index.php/s/5LPUDTxUEzIFka5

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Date ( Publication )
2019-10-29T00:00:00
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http://datacore.grid.unep.ch/geonetwork/srv/metadata/96e590fe-8bc9-480a-b6c9-340a06d4932a
Point of contact
UNEP/GRID-Geneva

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As needed
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
Keywords ( Theme )
  • MapX
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Date stamp
2019-10-31T15:43:48
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
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Point of contact
UNEP/GRID-Geneva - Thomas Piller ( Data officier )
Geneva Switzerland

 
 

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MapX Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

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