This reformulated policy applies to environmental issues associated with the presence of refugees. Among the major environmental problems linked with the presence of refugees are deforestation, soil erosion, depletion and degradation of water resources as well as socio-economic impacts of such problems on refugees and local communities. See check list in annex . Such data are mainly in a digital format in order to be directly readable into a GIS database.
Harmonization consists of classifications and legend of the document produced.
Modelling Extrapolation of deforested areas according to the time evolution of a given refugee population. UN organization, WWW, e-mail, surface mail, fax etc. Coordination of dissemination happens within both UN framework and personal network. Promotion of information use by sensitization through the UN system. Technical International Association on Tropical Woods.