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Services Collection of information IMERCSA collects and documents environment, water and disaster management information with particular focus on the member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The collected materials are catalogued and processed into a bibliographic database, which has more than 7,000 records. A separate contacts and experts database lists individual experts and organisations involved in environment, water and disaster management issues in the SADC region. The experts database, also available online, has more than a thousand entries and undergoes constant updating. Expertsquestionnaire is available for download for individuals who wish to update their details and for new entries. The information in these databases is available to policy planners, researchers, diplomats, journalists and others through a library reading room and internet search facilities State of Environment Reporting IMERCSA has made a significant contribution to State of the Environment (SOE) reporting in southern Africa and beyond through a partnership in Communicating the Environment Programme (CEP) with the SADC Environment and Land Management Sector (ELMS), SADC Water Sector, Zambezi River Authority, and IUCN-The World Conservation Union. The CEP partnership has produced: Defining and Mainstreaming Environmental Sustainability in Water Resources Management in Southern Africa, and Summary;
IMERCSA provides in-house training for young documentalists and natural resources scientists with an interest in environmental assessment and reporting. Key areas of training offered by IMERCSA include database development using CDS ISIS software, as well as integrated environmental assessment and reporting, and scenario building. |
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