2024 FAO La Nina Mapping Campaign

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About the Campaign

Join the Open Mapping Hub - Eastern and Southern Africa (OMHESA) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation SWALIM (FAOSWALIM), a UN body working towards saving lives of people across the globe through striving towards a sustainable and food secure world for all, in a mapping campaign to create datasets in OpenStreetMap to be used in an impact based early warning system to inform early action, for the much anticipated La Niña Drought in Somalia.

The campaign will run from September 5th to November 2024 - mappers who take part from the start until the end of the campaign will receive a certificate, upon request!  

La Niña[1] is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that results from variation in the sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. It occurs on average every two to seven years, and episodes usually last nine to 12 months.

With this campaign, we will be mapping in Somalia, to create datasets to support early warning drought systems so that communities and authorities can plan water resources effectively before the effects of La Nina. We will be working with FAO SWALIM and FAO RTEA

La Nina Development Forecasting

In Sept 2024, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) shared an update [2] of the likelihood of La Niña developing later this year. There is a 60% chance of La Niña conditions emerging towards the end of this year, according to a new Update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Early warnings and anticipatory action of extreme weather events associated with this major climate phenomenon are vital to save lives and livelihoods, the update adds.

How to take part in the Campaign

We welcome mappers from across the region and globe to participate in this campaign and support [3] through mapping. To take part…

  • Step 1: Register by contacting ESA team on esahub@hotosm.org to get the form.
  • Step 2: Go to the Tasking Manager here.
  • Step 3: Select a task from this [4].
  • Step 4: Start mapping!

Note: Registering helps us to easily stay in touch with everyone contributing to the campaign.

What are we mapping and why?

Our mapping efforts will focus on: Mapping Surface Water Sources the whole of Somalia. This effort is meant to enhance preparedness and emergency response to drought events in the country. Data created will be used by the FAO SWALIM teams in the development of an early warning system which will be used to send messages to communities at risk of drought events. Mapped data will further be used by other humanitarian responders to manage the distribution of water resources in affected communities.

Remote Mapping and Validation Status

Project Title & Link Status Priority Difficulty Area (km^2) Tasks Mapped Validated
17254 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 1 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 5 557 100 100
17255 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 2 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 3 288 100 100
17256 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 3 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 9 940 100 100
17257 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 4 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 4 244 100 100
17258 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 5 PUBLISHED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 7 335 100 100
17396 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 6 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 17 449 100 100
17397 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 7 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 11 1,152 100 100
17398 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 8 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 9 908 100 100
17399 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 9 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 12 994 100 100
17411 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 10 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 13 1,134 100 100
17427 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 11 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 16 1,122 100 100
17428 La Niño Mapping - Somalia North 12 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 8 679 100 100
17429 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 13 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 11 885 100 100
17453 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 14 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 7 650 100 100
17454 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 15 PUBLISHED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 7 411 100 100
17455 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 16 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 3 168 100 100
17456 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 17 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 14 304 100 100
17457 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 18 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 13 364 100 100
17461 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 19 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 11 594 100 100
17462 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 20 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 22 911 100 100
17464 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 21 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 28 1,716 100 100
17465 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 22 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 43 338 100 100
17522 La Niña Mapping - Somalia North 23 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 12 207 100 100
17533 La Niña Mapping -Somalia South 1 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 7 580 100 100
17536 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 2 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 2 211 100 100
17537 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 3 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 13 283 100 100
17538 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 4 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 14 265 100 100
17539 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 5 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 23 294 100 100
17540 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 6 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 24 217 100 100
17541 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 7 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 13 407 100 100
17557 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 8 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 10 238 100 100
17558 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 9 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 21 197 100 100
17559 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 10 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 25 296 100 100
17560 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 11 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 17 686 100 100
17561 La Niña Mapping - Somalia South 12 ARCHIVED HIGH INTERMEDIATE 22 370 100 100 -

More Info

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