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evaluation by the end. The respondent’s submitted answers
will be considered for evaluation. So, the large percentage
of incomplete responses draws attention to potential issues
with the survey process and further improvement scope in
the project’s final survey initiative in 2025.
Map-Based Responses and PPGIS Experiences
The PPGIS questionnaire targeted four countries, and
750 respondents selected regions from Estonia, Germany,
Poland, and Zambia (Figure 8).
Moreover, 52 respondents are from the Rovaniemi and
Kuusamo, the pilot case study area of the questionnaire sur-
vey initiative conducted in the spring of 2023 in Finland.
In the end, 686 respondents submitted their responses
regarding region selection for use and count. Submission
percentages continuously exceeded 94%, demonstrating
active involvement and showing that the respondents dili-
gently gave detailed information for narrowly focused loca-
tions and more general areas (Table 2).
Extensive participation has provided justifications in
map-based questions in both categories: suitable for the
extractive sector and should be left untouched. Among
the 750 respondents, 213 participants responded to inqui-
ries concerning the suitability of particular locations and
gave their views. Regarding the questions concerning more
general areas appropriate for the extractive activity, 128
responses explained their choice of the selections.
However, more respondents answered the questions
regarding locations to be left untouched. The 260 respon-
dents who gave justifications for their decisions demon-
strated significant public support for conservation and
shielding specific places from extractive industries. In
response to questions about general areas, 167 respondents
explained their choices.
By facilitating GIS and enhancing planning through
multiple kinds of local insights, the PPGIS approach has
turned local people into local experts and allowed the proj-
ect’s case study researchers to identify the location and area-
specific local concerns.
Background and Key Outcomes of the Educational
Courses
In the first term of the course, 73 people registered from
over 25 nations. Based on the e-mail addresses used by the
registered people, Figure 9 draws conclusions regarding
their backgrounds.
Out of the 73 people who registered, a great major-
ity of the people (50) are students of TUBAF. Among 50
participants of TUBAF, 41 are part of TUBAF’s Faculty
of Geosciences, Geoengineering and Mining. Seven peo-
ple enrolled from the Faculty of Materials Science and
Technology and two from the Faculty of Mechanical,
Process, and Energy Engineering. Two people registered for
the course from UO, three from TT, and one from UL.
Quantifying the number of students from UNZA was
impossible, as they seem to use private email accounts.
However, several students later identified themselves as stu-
dents from UNZA during the courses. In addition, partici-
pants used email addresses that could be assigned to external
organisations, partner companies of the project, and HEIs
that were not affiliated with the AGEMERA project.
Figure 8. Number of region selections from different
countries for the PPGIS questions (Islam, 2024)
Figure 9. Origin of the students in the ECRMs courses
(Islam, 2024)
Table 2. Number of explanations regarding suitable and off-
limit for extractive sectors
Total
Number of
Explanations
Percentage
(%)of
Submission
Suitable for
Extractive
Sector
Locations 213 94.84
Areas 128 98.43
Should be Left
Untouched
Locations 260 94.23
Areas 167 98.20
evaluation by the end. The respondent’s submitted answers
will be considered for evaluation. So, the large percentage
of incomplete responses draws attention to potential issues
with the survey process and further improvement scope in
the project’s final survey initiative in 2025.
Map-Based Responses and PPGIS Experiences
The PPGIS questionnaire targeted four countries, and
750 respondents selected regions from Estonia, Germany,
Poland, and Zambia (Figure 8).
Moreover, 52 respondents are from the Rovaniemi and
Kuusamo, the pilot case study area of the questionnaire sur-
vey initiative conducted in the spring of 2023 in Finland.
In the end, 686 respondents submitted their responses
regarding region selection for use and count. Submission
percentages continuously exceeded 94%, demonstrating
active involvement and showing that the respondents dili-
gently gave detailed information for narrowly focused loca-
tions and more general areas (Table 2).
Extensive participation has provided justifications in
map-based questions in both categories: suitable for the
extractive sector and should be left untouched. Among
the 750 respondents, 213 participants responded to inqui-
ries concerning the suitability of particular locations and
gave their views. Regarding the questions concerning more
general areas appropriate for the extractive activity, 128
responses explained their choice of the selections.
However, more respondents answered the questions
regarding locations to be left untouched. The 260 respon-
dents who gave justifications for their decisions demon-
strated significant public support for conservation and
shielding specific places from extractive industries. In
response to questions about general areas, 167 respondents
explained their choices.
By facilitating GIS and enhancing planning through
multiple kinds of local insights, the PPGIS approach has
turned local people into local experts and allowed the proj-
ect’s case study researchers to identify the location and area-
specific local concerns.
Background and Key Outcomes of the Educational
Courses
In the first term of the course, 73 people registered from
over 25 nations. Based on the e-mail addresses used by the
registered people, Figure 9 draws conclusions regarding
their backgrounds.
Out of the 73 people who registered, a great major-
ity of the people (50) are students of TUBAF. Among 50
participants of TUBAF, 41 are part of TUBAF’s Faculty
of Geosciences, Geoengineering and Mining. Seven peo-
ple enrolled from the Faculty of Materials Science and
Technology and two from the Faculty of Mechanical,
Process, and Energy Engineering. Two people registered for
the course from UO, three from TT, and one from UL.
Quantifying the number of students from UNZA was
impossible, as they seem to use private email accounts.
However, several students later identified themselves as stu-
dents from UNZA during the courses. In addition, partici-
pants used email addresses that could be assigned to external
organisations, partner companies of the project, and HEIs
that were not affiliated with the AGEMERA project.
Figure 8. Number of region selections from different
countries for the PPGIS questions (Islam, 2024)
Figure 9. Origin of the students in the ECRMs courses
(Islam, 2024)
Table 2. Number of explanations regarding suitable and off-
limit for extractive sectors
Total
Number of
Explanations
Percentage
(%)of
Submission
Suitable for
Extractive
Sector
Locations 213 94.84
Areas 128 98.43
Should be Left
Untouched
Locations 260 94.23
Areas 167 98.20