IGARSS 2009
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EIS-AFRICA offers an exciting membership programme which showcases our new partnership with the Association of American Geographers (AAG). This partnership will bring unique opportunities to both our organisations and our members. Remember too that EIS-AFRICA members only pay $250 to attend Africa's premier GIS conference, AfricaGIS! Click here to download our membership form.
Nous avons aussi le forme d’adhésion en version française vouliez télécharger en cliquant ici. |
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2009 EIS-AFRICA Newsletters: |
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| Biomass Energy Modelling with GIS and Remote Sensing Workshop to be held at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda in conjunction with AfricaGIS 2009 Half day fieldtrip – Oct 25, full day workshop Oct 26 2009 The number of places available for the workshop is 25 and preference is given to applications from young researchers from Africa Please register your interest by sending an e‐mail to energeo2009@edu‐zgis.net and check the following website for up‐coming news: www.edu‐zgis.net/ss/energeo2009 Click here for full article. |
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Uganda Wetland Maps Will Help Reduce Poverty, Boost EconomyUganda’s leaders now have access to maps that will allow them—for the first time ever—to reduce poverty through better management of the country’s wetlands. See full article from World Resources Institute Click Here |
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Travel Grant Opportunity to attend AfricaGIS 2009 The ISPRS Foundation is seeking applications from individuals wishing to obtain travel assistance from the "Trust Fund Amsterdam 2000" (administered by the ISPRS Foundation) to participate in the AfricaGIS International Conference, which will be held in Kampala, Uganda, from 26 to 30 October 2009 (http://www.africagis2009.org/) Deadline for receipt of applications: 10 July 2009. Applicants should read the preamble and complete the application form which can be downloaded from the ISPRS website, http://www.isprs.org/foundation/ http://www.isprs.org/foundation/PDF/TFA2000PreambleRequestAfricaGIS2009.pdf Note: Deadline for abstracts for AfricaGIS'09 is April 30, 2009. |
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2008 USGS African Remote Sensing Study
Aerial and Spaceborne 10 year trends.Click here for PDF full report or visit the website at www.globalinsights.com |
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IGARSS 2009The short courses for IGARSS have been posted on the website, www.igarss09.org/ShortCourses.asp Visit the website for more information and register today at www.igarss09.org |
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| “Earth Observations in Decision Support Projects.” http://www.earthobservations.org/documents/cfp/200902_cfp_eodsp.pdf |
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Call for Abstracts for the "JBGIS Best Practises Booklet onGeo-information for Risk and Disaster Management" |
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Kenya - South Africa Joint Science & Technology Research Programme Call for Research Proposals - 2009
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Pre-AFRICAGIS conference Workshop |
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African Ministerial Conference on the Environment Twelfth session Report and Resolutions of the ministerial segment held from 10 to 12 June 2008 |
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The First 100 Steps to GEOSS" & "The Full Picture" |
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Accelerating Africa's Development to meet the MDGs: Challenges and the way forward for Southern Africa. |
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Soil Atlas of Africa
The Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), ISRIC – World Soil Information, the European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN), the African Soil Science Society (ASSS), and FAO conducted a survey amongst potential users of the Soils Atlas for Africa, to get insight into the needs and wishes about its content. The preliminary report on the user survey for the Soil Atlas of Africa is now available for comment. Click here |
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SDI-AFRICA: An implementation Guide is available from the UNECA website in both English and French Versions. Click here |
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Africa Environment Outlook 2 – Our Environment, Our Wealth (AEO-2) Profiles Africa’s environmental resources as an asset for the region’s development. The report underscores the need for sustainable livelihoods, and the importance of environmental initiatives in supporting them. Emphasis is put on what should and can be done with existing (remaining) environmental assets, in the context of identified constraints (issues), rather than focusing on what has been already lost. For more information click here |
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Final report of the Study of Fundamental Geo-spatial Datasets in Africa. Front cover/Title page/Table of contents /Chapter 1/Chapter 2/Chapter 3/Chapter 4/Chapter 6/Chapter 7/Chapter 8/Chapter 9/Chapter 10/List of fundamental geospatial datasets / ENGLISH synthesis /FRENCH synthesis |
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