GEOSS in the Americas Forum 2009: Focus on Coastal Zones

The 2009 GEOSS in the Americas Forum was hosted by the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and took place on November 20, 2009. Announcement and draft Agenda are available at on the web page of the Embassy at http://www.cgeo.gc.ca/events-evenements/gia-gea/index-eng.asp. The main focus of the 2009 Forum was on coastal zones. Therefore, the presentations given during the Forum are made available here.

List of available presentations:

• Korporal, K.. Welcome (pdf)
• Grimes, D., Welcoming Remarks (pdf)
• Wood, H., GEOSS in the Americas (pdf)
• DiGiacomo, P., GEO Coastal Zone Community of Practice (pdf)
• Cherrington, E., SERVIR Program (pdf)
• Seymour, P., GEONETCast Americas (pdf)
• Toll, D., GEO Capacity Building Workshop on Observations for Water Resource Management (pdf)
• Parcher, J., PAIGH and Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Americas (pdf)
• Nurse, L., Earth Observations in the Coastal Zone: Critical Issues and Lessons Learned (pdf)
• Valladares, J., International Cooperation and Legal Challenges for Coastal Zone Managers (pdf)
• DiGiacomo, P., Global Ocean Observing System Panel on Integrated Coastal Observations (GOOS‐PICO) (pdf)
• Sweeney, V., United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (pdf)
• Frye, S., Caribbean Flood Pilot (pdf)
• Soldi, H., Peru/Chile Large Marine Ecosystem Program (LME) (pdf)
• Beard, R., U.S. – Mexico Bi‐National Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System (HABSOS) (pdf)