Water is a vital resource for human survival, health and dignity and is a fundamental component for human development. But it is a finite and vulnerable resource. Due to population growth, increasing economic activity and intensifying competition for water among users, the world’s freshwater resources are under increasing pressure and many regions of the world faces an impending water crisis.
Current concerns about climate change accentuate this issue and demand improved management of water resources to cope with more intense flood and drought events. Since the enacting of the Millennium Development Goals and the Johannesburg Program of Implementation, the policies have increasingly addressed “integrated water resources management” (IWRM) as an issue of the utmost importance.
IWRM is a systematic process dealing with sustainable development by means of the allocation and monitoring of water resources use in the context of social, economic and environmental objectives. Optimally, IWRM should be based on a participatory approach, involving users, planners and policymakers at all levels.
Typical Clients:
- Water authorities at state, regional, national levels
- Water ministries
Consulting Expertise
- Integrated water resources management
- Basin level and transboundary water management
- Aquifer reconnaissance maps
- Hydrological modelling
- Hydrogeological maps
- Integrated water resources GIS/database
- Reservoir and recharge estimate studies
- Groundwater availability
- In-SAR subsidence mapping
Nature Resources
 Environmental policies currently dominate all international treaties and the political agenda, constitute and influence large parts of many bi- and multilateral development programmes. This vast field overlaps and affects policies in many areas and can be served by a wide range of geo-information applications. A prominent matter in this respect, there is the continuing over-exploitation, degradation and loss of natural environmental resources which poses one of the greatest challenges in the world for the near and long-term future.
Specific problems include land degradation, deforestation, desertification, loss of biodiversity, water and air pollution, releases of persistent organic pollutants and other toxic substances, and the vulnerability of coastal zones through global climate change, natural risks and human impact to name but a few of the main issues.
Spatial information and associated management systems together with well designed and established monitoring procedures have become standard components for the planning and management of natural resources and for providing alerts to the public.
Typical Clients:
- Environmental and resources management agencies and federations on regional, national and supranational level
- Ministries for environment and natural resources
- Multilateral and bilateral donor agencies
Consulting Expertise
PROXY LOGICS has extensive experience in applying state-of-the-art technologies for environmental analysis, monitoring, management and planning activities. The company addresses the needs of decision makers providing optimised solutions tailored to specific requirements and local conditions.
Environmental Information Systems (EIS)
- Institutional and user needs assessment
- System design, implementation, integration and maintenance
- Integration of web-based GIS functionalities
- Tailor-made design and customisation
Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA)
- Risk management
- Impact analysis
- Site characterisation
- Modelling and simulation
- Natural resources management
Land Use Planning/Watershed Management
- Integration of environmental information in planning processes
- Information systems and decision support
- Strategies for the management of land and water resources
Risk Analysis and Disaster Management
- Information systems for the management of major risks and hazards
- Early warning, anticipation, routine monitoring crises: state of alert, operations, observation
- Preparedness and response information management
- GIS based risk and vulnerability mapping analysis
- Damage assessment for earthquake, -storm, - flooding and - subsidence events
- Fire risk and burnt area mapping
- Reconstruction and rehabilitation, analysis and feedback
- GIS- supported emergency management
Environmental Mapping and Monitoring
- Environmental sensitivity, vulnerability mapping and degradation mapping
- Environmental baseline mapping and monitoring
- Land use/cover mapping, change detection and deforestation mapping
- Water resources inventories
- Desertification and susceptibility mapping
- Soil and land suitability mapping
- Coastal zone resources and sensitivity mapping and monitoring
- Collection of on-site field data and calibration information
- Digital cartography, map production and creation of GIS data layers
- Analysis of environmental change
Institutional Strengthening & Capacity Building
- Institutional assessment and management consulting
- Policy advice and workflow optimisation
- Human resources development
- GIS based risk and vulnerability mapping analysis
- Study tours and awareness campaigns
- Skill transfer, training and workshop
Land Management
 Solid management and sound governance of land are essential for rural and urban areas, both in items of the provision of living space and as an economic resource, in order to increase prosperity and reduce poverty as well as to ensure the sustainable management of natural resources. These issues constitute a universal challenge that impacts economic development, environmental policy, agriculture and crop production, regional and urban planning, mineral development, water supply and many other activities. Efficiency, transparency and security for rights of ownership and use are essential aspects of land administration systems and underpin sustainable economic and social development.
PROXY LOGICS has wide-ranging experience and a broad thematic scope within the land management sector including the design and implementation of land administration and cadastral systems. The projects successfully realised range from real property and mineral/hydrocarbon titling management systems to comprehensive agricultural and forestry cadastres.
Typical Clients:
- Land management and administration agencies
- Ministries of agriculture and forestry
- Ministries of economy, justice
- Ministries of mines and energy
- National, state, provincial, regional and local planning authorities
Consulting Expertise
Land Administration
- Cadastral and land registration systems
- Regulatory reform and rationalisation
- Property valuation and taxation
- Rapid mapping and registration
- Traditional/informal systems consulting
Land Information Systems
- LIS-design and implementation
- Agricultural, forestry and natural resources management systems
- Mineral title cadastre and registration
- Water rights management consulting
- Parcel definition and identification
- Data and document inventories, cleaning, automation and archiving
Land Management Support
- Land use planning
- GIS - supported urban and rural development
- Integrated land management strategies
- Valuation and economic advisory services
- Data/information access, dissemination and policy support
Defence / Military / Security
 Nowadays, national defence is no longer limited to the territory of individual countries but also has a strong focus on worldwide areas of conflicts and operations. The capability to assess worldwide situations and the capacity to act globally have become absolutely necessary for an increasing community of nations and coalitions. These requirements result in considerable demand for global geo-information.
All types of evaluation, strategic planning and military operations are at least partly based on geo-information which must be:
- reliable
- accessible
- accurate
- up-to-date
Earth Observation data from commercial and military satellite systems provide the ideal basis for this kind of geo-information. Databases have to be established and populated as well as being renewed, transformed into useable products, interpreted, enriched, linked to other information and provided to the final user as hardcopy or digitally.
PROXY LOGICS meets the demand for the acquisition and management of global geo-information in this sector by providing a number of highly competitive, operational and integrated services along the complete value adding chain and across all fields of thematic applications.
Our portfolio of activities in this domain includes (but is not limited to):
- Data selection and acquisition
- Data processing, analysis and production
- Integrated software solutions and systems for data transactions, processing and dissemination
Furthermore, PROXY LOGICS is able to support clients with individual training, workshops and consulting services so that users can make the most of the geo-information databases created.
Coastal Zone / Marine
 In comparison to inland regions, coastal areas are particularly vulnerable as they are often the most developed and most densely populated areas in countries. The area between land and sea represents a very sensitive ecological zone which is susceptible to damge. Sustainable management can be difficult in such areas due to highly conflicting interests and activities. Predicting and mapping the effects of natural hazards, coastal storms and sea-level rise are additional challenges for the tasks of planning, management, risk prevention and risk mitigation.
The protection of coastal and marine resources, mitigation of threats, reduction of harm, and protection and restoration of ecological function are crucial in coastal zones because of their high vulnerability and the potentially high costs associated with damage to these functions in developed coastal areas. Along with increasing property values, development, and population growth in coastal areas, damage and losses are increasing in parallel, and ways of preventing or mitigating damage and hazards or reducing vulnerability are vital.
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) aims to coordinate protective and area specific management plans and activities on land and at sea, as well as elaborating on and developing objectives, strategic plans and policies for sustainable development. Earth observation (EO) data, GIS and ICT are indispensable support tools for this work.
Typical Clients:
- ICZM agencies at national and international/supranational levels
- Environmental and natural resources management ministries
- Industrial transport and infrastructure management organisations
- Insurance and reinsurance industry
- Multilateral and bilateral donor agencies
Consulting Expertise
PROXY LOGICS has extensive experience in applying state-of-the-art technologies for coastal zone resources mapping, analysis and monitoring in order to provide support to management and planning activities. The company addresses the needs of decision makers by providing optimised solutions, tailored to specific requirements and local conditions.
- Coastal zone resources mapping and monitoring
- Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) mapping
- Coastal geomorphology and coastal morphodynamcis
- Geologic mapping and modelling
- Water resources analysis and management
- Oil spill monitoring
- Biodiversity
- Habitat and sensitivity mapping
- Demographic mapping
- Change detection and land use forecasting
- Risk analysis and disaster management
- Sustainability and environmental impact assessment
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