A geospatial frameworkfor the analysis of poverty andenvironment links
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One of the core functions of FAO is to provide data and information. Geospatial information can be of particular value to audiences interested in the monitoring and assessment of progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, and in analysing underlying causes of poverty and hunger. During and immediately after the World Food Summit (WFS) in 1996, FAO’s GIS unit received numerous requests for global Geographic Information System (GIS) maps that depict relatio nships between environmental and social drivers of poverty. Fortuitously, this coincided with the Government of Norway’s decision to support a project entitled Improving methods for poverty and food insecurity mapping and its use at country level, which was implemented from September 2000 to November 2004.