MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
type: Concept

UNEP/GRID-TSUKUBA
type: Concept
definition: GRID-Tsukuba is a part of the Center for Global Environmental Research(CGER). Its major responsibilities specified in the Memorandum of Understanding with UNEP are as follows: 1. To provide a leading role in interfacing with GRID users in Japan and neighbor countries. 2. To provide data sets acquired or generated in environmental research and monitoring activities of the National Institute for Environmental Studies(NIES) and to disseminate them to GRID users. 3. To develop GIS and remote sensing technology and to provide technical support to GRID users in these fields. 4. To promote the use of global environmental data in science and policy making. Website: "http://www-cger.nies.go.jp/grid-e/index.html" [Summary provided by UNEP.]
in scheme: providers