ISPRS COMMISSION VIII

PRESIDENT				Secretary
	Ammatzia Peled University of Haifa Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies Haifa 31905 Israel Tel: + (972)48-240418 Tel: +(972)48-343591 Fax: + (972)48-249605 Fax: +(972)48-343763 Email: peled@geo.haifa.ac.il Email: peled@rjb-3d.com Web: http://geo.Haifa.ac.il/ Web: http://www.rjb-3d.com				Basheer Haj-Yehia Pelled GIS Mapping Ltd. 67 Albert Schweitzer St. Haifa 34995 Israel Tel: + (972)48-343591 Fax: + (972)48-343763 Email: basheer@rjb-3d.com Web: http://www.rjb-3d.com

TERMS OF REFERENCE

• General consideration for all aspects
  o Sustainable development
  o Ecological and environmental considerations
  o Human Impact
• Supporting
  o Decision-making by providing useful information to the user in near real time on operational basis.
  o Forecasting
  o Monitoring
  o Solving problems and conflicts
• Topics
  o Human settlements
  o Hazards and disasters
  o Land degradation and desertification
  o Natural resources
  o Geology, Geomorphology
  o Water
  o Arid lands
  o Coastal zones and wetlands
  o Ocean color and state
  o Forests and Landscape biodiversity
  o Agriculture and food production
  o Atmosphere, climate and weather
  o Regional correlated issues
  o Policies and Treaties
  
• Collaboration with other Societies, organizations, International (regional) and national agencies and institutions

WORKING GROUPS