For the 13th lecture in the Heo/Geo Lecture Series co-organised by the UP Department of Geography and the Philippine Geographical Society (PGS) the focus is on updated and reliable data that offer a range of options for people, communities and stakeholders in a given place-based locality.
On Friday, 6 October at 5:30PM, Dr J Andres Ignacio gives a talk entitled Tracking Land Use Change Impacts on the Land and its People: The case of Bukidnon Province in the Southern Philippines. The talk spotlights the importance of updated land cover data in multistakeholder resource planning and management. Using satellite imagery to track land cover change over time in Bukidnon Province in Mindanao, a factual basis for action has been established to guide management efforts at the local government level. Data dissemination and use innovations have since empowered local governments and their partners to address the pressing needs of land and water management.
J Andres Ignacio is an experienced geospatial and environmental scientist with over three decades of experience applying GIS, remote sensing, and geospatial analysis to sustainable development and resource management projects. He holds a PhD in Geography from the Université de Namur in Belgium, an Advanced Masters Degree in Bioengineering specializing in Geomatics Technology from the Université Catholique de Louvain also in Belgium, and an MSc in Water Resources Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr Ignacio was the Planning and Geomatics Director at the Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC), leading land cover mapping and community resource management initiatives in various provinces throughout Mindanao. He recently joined the faculty of the UP Population Institute as an Associate Professor and is also currently teaching a course on environmental geography at the UP Department of Geography.
The Heo/Geo Lecture Series is a series of lectures on and about geography as an academic discipline and the multiple modalities where knowledge, skill and discourse can be applied to better and enhance the lives of people and community. Academic geographers, practitioners and individuals representing various collectives speak variously of their research, their projects, and advocacies that simultaneously put geography in the consciousness of Filipinos, and find ways to make access equitable for everyone.
To participate in the lecture, click this link to register. Alternatively, you can also copy and paste the following link to your browser: https://bitly.ws/VZw9
This lecture is sponsored by the following research clusters of the Department of Geography: Environment and Development Geographies (EDGE) and Geographic Information Systems and Techniques (GIST)
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