The presentation of the results of the Integrated Flood Management Project (PGIIS) in the Kolda area brought together all the stakeholders at the end of January. The mapping of the flood risk in the area models a statistical risk. It is an awareness-raising tool for integrating flood risk into all Continue reading
In November 2023, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and VITO signed a four-year framework contract for the deployment of the Copernicus LCFM service, marking a significant step forward in environmental monitoring. This service extends and enhances the Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m resolution layers and incorporates Continue reading
The World Bank has mobilised a consortium comprising IGN FI/ONFI/ SalvaTerra to study how to set up a National Forest and Land Use Monitoring System (SNSF), as well as the capacity-building needs to ensure that this tool is properly adopted. This system should enable the monitoring and accessibility of data Continue reading
The Abidjan District Addressing Project (Projet d’Adressage du District d’Abidjan – PADA) has taken significant steps towards achieving a comprehensive addressing system and a unified reference system. These advances now guarantee the precise location and effective identification of occupancy units, whether houses, buildings or other structures, on the roads and Continue reading
Implementation of the land certification component of the PRRPB (Projet de Restauration et de Résilience du Paysage du Burundi – Burundi Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project) involved 26 hills. Over 105,000 hill surveys were carried out in Buhinyuza, Isare and Matongo. The production of more than 103,000 land certificates, with Continue reading
The improvement of the Land Administration System in Uganda is among the priorities of the Land Sector Strategic Plan (LSSP) of Uganda. This improvement also relies on the establishment and densification of the geodetic network. The absence of a reliable geodetic network undermines the accuracy and reliability of cadastral surveys, Continue reading
Starting in October 2021, the Component 1 of the Integrated Flood Management Project in Senegal (PGIIS – Projet de Gestion Intégrée des Inondations au Sénégal) consists of producing fine cartographic data on the entire territory and on several key areas, and setting up an integrated flood management platform. During the Continue reading
The Technical Secretariat of the Integrated Urban Land Management System (SIGFU) project held its second meeting on Tuesday 16 May 2023 at SIGFU headquarters. Chaired by Mr DIALLO Abdoulaye, Director of the Domaine Urbain, this working session provided an opportunity to discuss a number of key issues relating to the Continue reading
The consortium formed by IGN FI and Geosystems has begun land certification and support to land tenure offices in Madagascar in the regions of Amoron’i Mania, Haute Mahatsiatra, Vakinankaratra, Analamanga, Bongolava and Itasy. The project is financed by the World Bank and will be carried out by the Management Unit of Continue reading
The IGN FI/ GEOFIT/ LADEC consortium has just completed the land tenure security project in the communes of Buhinyuza, Isale and Matongo in Burundi: an interview with the 2 project leaders. What did this project consist of? Burundi, which is part of the “Bonn Challenge” – a challenge to restore Continue reading
