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Forest products industry slowly recovers from recession

18 December 2012, Rome - The global forest products industry is slowly recovering from the economic crisis, with the Asia-Pacific region and particularly China taking the lead. New data published by FAO indicate that on avera...
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ESA’S VEGA LAUNCHER SCORES NEW SUCCESS WITH PROBA-V

The second flight of ESA’s newest launch vehicle has been completed from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Two Earth observation satellites, ESA’s Proba-V and Vietnam’s VNREDSat‑1A, were released into diffe...
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NASA DEVELOP: Middle East Public Health and Air Quality

Summary: This past spring and summer, NASA DEVELOPstudent interns used NASA’s Earth Observing System to examine spectral characteristics of dust storms in the Middle East. The results of this study aided project partners by ...
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New Public Application of Landsat Images Released

Google released more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space Thursday compiled into an interactive time-lapse experience. Working with data from the Landsat Program managed by the U.S. Geological Survey, the ...
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Geographic information system

Geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data. The acronym GIS is sometimes used for geographical information science or geos...
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Urgent Action Needed on Climate Change in Arab World

New report charts current and future damage from the region’s rapidly changing climate and calls for strong leadership in preparing countries and communities to face the threat      WASHINGTON, December 5, 2012 – The ...
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