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| Cooperation Projects in Central America Nicaragua |
Climate Change Project 1998 - 2000 |
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The FMI assisted in the implementation of a bilateral Finnish-Nicaraguan
environmental programme in Nicaragua by carrying out a project on climate
change. The objective of the project was to produce reliable, up-to-date
information for the needs of both policymaking and research on climate
change. The project was carried out in cooperation with the Nicaraguan Ministry
of the Environment "Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (MARENA)",
the Nicaraguan meteorological institute "Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios
Territoriales (INETER)" and the Finnish Environment Institute (FEI).
During the climate change project, the meteorological and hydrological
observation networks of INETER were modernized. A new database system was
created into which a geographic information system was incorporated. The
geographic information system is to be used for climate applications and for
publication of a climate atlas. A flood model was devised for Lake Managua to
allow reliable forecasting of the water level.
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