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Catherine Nakalembe Receives Uganda's Highest Civilian Award

Catherine Nakalembe Receives Uganda's Highest Civilian Award

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LCLUCer Dr. Catherine Nakalembe has been honored with Uganda's highest civilian award, the Golden Jubilee Medal, in recognition of her efforts to improve food security in Africa. While completing her doctorate at the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, Catherine served as a program support for the NASA LCLUC Program. Currently, Catherine works at the Department of Geographical Sciences as an associate research professor and leads NASA Harvest's Africa Program. 

Towards accelerating 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda - 15min questionnaire to describe the diversity of approaches to document and apply LCLU

Towards accelerating 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda - 15min questionnaire to describe the diversity of approaches to document and apply LCLU

The classification of Land Cover and Land Use (LCLU) is critical for addressing many of the UN Sustainability Goals. LCLU data standards are critical to support UN Agencies like the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). With the objective to describe the diversity of approaches to document and apply LC and LU and receive guidance by experts involved in mapping Land Cover and Land Use (LCLU), this questionnaire has been prepared to support the ISO TC211 Advisory Group 13 on Land Cover and Land Use.