Environmental changes ónatural and human inducedó are having a significant, and increasingly destructive impact on our planet, our economies, and our social well-being. Sustainable growth and development of nations and economies requires coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations for early warning, informed policies, and effective decision making. The Summit will be the opportunity for: Ministers

EARSC´s MISSION is to foster development of European geo-information service industry.

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The European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) is a professional industrial body (trade association) with the mission to foster growth of the Earth-observation (EO) services sector.

What is EARSC? EARSC is an Association of Companies representing the Earth Observation Community. The association is made up of remote sensing companies within the countries of the European Union (EU) EARSC is a public or private organization? EARSC is an a.i.s.b.l. (Association internationale sans but lucratif) EARSC is an International Not-for-Profit Association under Belgian

The GMES atmosphere implementation group (IG) has been established and held its first constitutive meeting on 18 June 2007 in Brussels. The GMES atmosphere implementation group (IG) has been established and has held its first constitutive meeting recently. Members of the group are: Ph. Waldteufel (IG Chair, CNRS, FR), L. Bozo (HMS-HU), G. Braathen (WMO,

UN-Habitat and the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) are clustering their knowledge in the field of urban development in developing countries. On 29 June, director of UN-Habitat Dr. Anna Tibaijuka and ITC rector Prof. Martien Molenaar signed an agreement relating to cooperation in the fields of capacity development, training and research.

Following the successful three-month testing period at ESA–ESTEC, the payload for ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission was formally handed over to Thales Alenia Space in Cannes (France), for integration with the satellite platform. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) payload module, developed under an ESA contract by EADS–CASA in Madrid, carries the

Parliamentarians from African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union visited ESOC today. The parliamentarians are in Germany for the Joint Parliamentary Assembly ACP-EU, which is taking place in Wiesbaden, 23-28 June 2007. The delegates were accompanied by members of the European Parliament and the European Union Commission and were briefed on ESA’s Earth

International GIS Crime Mapping Conference September 24 – 26, 2007 Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Brussels, Belgium The fields of GIS and crime mapping present a very exciting opportunity for police forces, government bodies, councils and community partnerships. The added functionality of GIS over computer mapping, and recent developments in GIS and spatial analysis applications have

China plans to launch in September the third earth resources satellite jointly developed by China and Brazil, said Sun Laiyan, director of the China National Space Administration here Thursday. Satellite 02B will be soon moved into a space environment simulator and go through a number of tests, said Sun. Before returning to China in April

A new Sino-Brazilian earth-observation satellite has entered a three-week testing phase and is scheduled to be launched from Taiyuan around September. Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) started working on the so-called Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) 02B satellite last June. Scientists hope the satellite, the third jointly developed by the space agencies of China

Synergy between all kind of observations – being from active or passive, wireless or wired, fixed or mobile, remote or in situ sensors ñ is primordial to support a better understanding of the complex interactions between human activities and environmental pressures and impacts. This was the recurrent issue highlighted by a hundred of participants to

The contribution the space industry makes to our daily lives is far more significant, and tangible, than merely providing us with a better understanding of the universe ñ important as that is. The sector plays a crucial role in ensuring Europe has a high level of technological and industrial capability and makes its presence felt

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, the Government of Austria and the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2006-2008 are jointly organizing the second series of three consecutive symposia to promote activities to carry out the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002.