National & sub-regional assessments
GLOBIO is available for individual countries to support their own national environmental assessments.
Organizations using GLOBIO on the national scale are typically policy-supporting governmental agencies, NGOs, national and regional research institutes and universities. In turn, these partners often work with other organizations, including those in neighboring countries, bringing together all available information and expertise and disseminating the results obtained.
An important requirement for the successful use of GLOBIO on the national scale is the availability of national data on historical and current land use. In addition a national road map is needed.
Modelling course
For countries who want to carry out a national assessment, a GLOBIO modelling course and additional support are offered. Since 2002 capacity building projects have taken place in more than twenty countries.
A national GLOBIO modelling course typically consists of three modules:
- Training on current status biodiversity modelling with GLOBIO (2 weeks)
- Training on future land use simulation, using the CLUE-S model (3 days)
- Advanced training land use and biodiversity modelling with CLUE-S and GLOBIO (2 weeks)
For more information on using GLOBIO on the national level and capacity building, please contact Rob Alkemade at PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency or Wilbert van Rooij at Aidenvironment (wilbert@aidenvironment.org).
For information on ongoing capacity building projects click here.