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  Dr Fatima Denton, Director of the United Nations University Institute of Natural Resources (Right) The Director of the United Nations University Institute of Natural Resources(UNU-INRA), Dr. Fatima Denton has called on governments of African countries to invest in Geographic Information System(GIS) including other Geospatial technologies and be fully committed to building capacity of officials and different stakeholders in order to help detect and insulate their countries from potential natural disasters. She averred that the GIS technology is a very powerful tool that is capable of processing data, its management, analysis and monitoring which if harnessed effectively can go a long way to positively impact the management of our natural resources including mitigating the harmful effects of the climate change. “Some of these natural disasters are triggered by climate change while others are inclined naturally which have no link with it in terms of intensity and the frequen

The United Nations University Institute of Natural Resources(UNU-INRA), has built the capacity of 15 African professionals in Geospatial Technologies aimed at equipping them with concepts, functional skills, methods and techniques required for prescribing location specific solutions in addressing resource management challenges facing Africa today. In all, 15 professionals from Ghana and Nigeria drawn from diverse backgrounds which include resource management and research, science students, soil science, electrical engineering, hydrogeology as well as the media partake in the 5-day intensive training course. The participants were taken through GIS, Remote sensing, Global Positioning System(GPS), Georeferencing and Digitizing; a combination of hands-on exercise with fieldwork (practicals) backed by theory. The training was conducted by Mr. Kwabena O. Asubonteng and Mr. Seyram Kofi Loh who are specialized instructors in GIS and remote sensing technologies at the institut