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GlobWetland II newsletter no.5
- GlobWetland II will be at the Ramsar COP11 in Bucharest with an ESA / GW-II side event and a booth. The invitation to the GW-II side event "GlobWetland II, a S/W toolbox for the assessment and monitoring of wetlands from Space" on Tuesday 10th July/ evening session (18.15-19.45) you will find attached and on our homepage www.globwetland.org, go to "News & Links, documents" or use the link on the front page.
- Key moment of GW-II - First SW deliveries / first training sessions: The GW-II National Points of Contact (NPC) and cooperating GIS partners from Jordan, Lebanon and Libya came 4 days to the Ajloun reserve in Jordan to attend the first GW-II software training session at the end of May.
- Medwet Symposium in Agadir (Morocco) - GlobWetland II in the Agadir Guidelines: The GlobWetland II team came to the "Water and Wetlands in the Mediterranean" symposium in Agadir, Morocco, on 6-8 February 2012 with a GW-II booth and a GW-II side event. In the Agadir guidelines GW-II is assessed as a "valuable contribution to the development of a Global Wetland Observation System (G-WOS)" and an extension of the satellite based wetland mapping to the entire Mediterranean is recommended.
- Esa's S2 symposium, side event with Ramsar, MedWet, TdV, WI: In a GW-II side event project team members, ESA and the representatives from Ramsar, MedWet, TdV and WI discussed about the future of GlobWetland II and agreed finally last open details of the GW-II.
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You will find more information in the attached Newsletter and Invitation.
Please go to our GlobWetland II homepage www.globwetland.org to the link "News & Links, documents" if you can't read the attached files.******************************************************************
GlobWetland II is a regional pilot project of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, funded through the European Space Agency (ESA) Data User Element (DUE) program. The primary objective of GlobWetland II is to facilitate the integration of remote sensing into the conservation and management of wetlands.
The purpose of this Newsletter is to keep you informed about the progress of the project, about highlights and upcoming events.
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| Contact information |
athrin Weise Optical Instruments - Project Manager Jena-Optronik GmbH Prüssingstr. 41 07745 Jena
(email: kathrin.weise@jena-optronik.de) Phone: +49/ (0)3641/ 200160 fax.: +49/ (0)3641/ 200220 |
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| News type | Inbrief |
| File link | n/a |
| File link local |
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| Source of information | Jena-Optronik GmbH |
| Keyword(s) | wetlands |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOOL TERMS , WATER DEMAND |
| Relation | http://www.globwetland.org |
| Geographical coverage | Germany, Morocco |
| News date | 04/07/2012 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
