Biodiversity Next

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The 10th Ecosystem Services Partnership Global Conference took place in Hannover, Germany, from 21-25 October, 2019. Read more on the official conference page. On the topic of the events, at the same week of that conference under Session T3: “Science meeting reality: developing fit-for-purpose ecosystem services indicators” a presentation given by :Mascarenhas A, Geschke J, Vohland K, Häuser C. Exploring linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem services policy indicators, sustainable development goals and essential biodiversity variables. https://www.espconference.org/esp10/wiki/480185/session-presentations Workshop Report: WP88 – From data to policy: supporting biodiversity policy needs and the SDGs Workshop organisers: André Mascarenhas, Jonas Geschke, Katrin Vohland, Christoph Häuser (MfN), Aidin Niamir, Christine Driller (SGN) Report Authors: André… Read More

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BUA 2019 Conference AUTH – Dissemination activities

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The Laboratory of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (PersLab) AUTH,has participated at the “Balkan Universities Association (BUA) 2019 Conference for UN2030 SDGs Agenda, The role of Universities”. The 5th Annual meeting took place at Thessaloniki, Greece 16-18 April 2019 and Prof.Petros Patias gave a presentation for “Sustainable Development-Earth Observation Data-Societal Benefit Areas”. More information you can read from (Press Release) and at website http://www.bua2019.web.auth.gr

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Natural History Museum of Berlin published a brochure that refers to GEOEssential

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The Natural History Museum Berlin has just published a nice brochure showcasing all the relevant work it is doing on the topic of Open Science. There is a contribution about GEOEssential project, in terms of the project’s links with Open Science. The brochure is both in German and English. Read more http://coll.mfn-berlin.de/raw/10.7479/tnnh-h2vc.pdf (page 24)

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Regional workshop on UNCCD reporting, 12-15 March 2018, Antalya, Turkey

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From 12 of 15 of March of 2018 Deputy director of Space Research Institute NASU-SSAU Prof. Nataliia Kussul participated in Regional workshop on UNCCD training for the countries on NMED/CEE and Central Asia that was held in Antalya and funded by UNEP/GEF Global Support Programme. Within the workshop Prof. Nataliia represented Ukrainian contribution to GEO related activities and GEOEssential/ERA-PLANET H2020 project, as well as the results of global land cover products validation via cross-comparison with national high-resolution land cover maps for the territory of Ukraine with presentation “SDG Monitoring and Global Products Validation within GEO related projects“. Workflows for SGD indicators monitoring that are under development with GEOEssential project will… Read More

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Ukraine – Cooperation Agreement signed by Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, h Institute NAS Ukraine and SSA Ukraine

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On the 7-th of March 2018 a cooperation agreement between Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine and Space Research(SRI NASU-SSAU) was signed. Ukraine is a party of international programs, conventions and initiatives (including ones on the UN level) for environmental monitoring, in particular the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, etc. As part of this activity, international institutions require from the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine to create land cover maps for the whole country on a regular basis and assess existing changes in land use. The territory of Ukraine is large in area, and… Read More

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