Author Archives: Mariangela

Agri cluster capacity building in La Paz, Bolivia

The European Space Agency and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) organised on 15-19 October a 5-day Capacity Building workshop at the IADB premises in La Paz, Bolivia. A common effort from both insitutions with two ESA´s EO4SD...

About: Disaster Risk Reduction

The ESA EO4SD Disaster Risk Reduction project aims to promote the adoption of Earth Observation-based products and services mainstreamed into the working processes of IFIs funded projects that seek to prevent or mitigate the adverse impacts of natural disasters in developing...

From awareness to practice in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

In collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the ESA’s EO4SD – Agriculture Cluster recently set-up in Phnom, Cambodia to organise a new workshop as part of the capacity building strategy developed and implemented by the cluster...

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EO4SD Agriculture info session at the World Bank

The European Space Agency and the World Bank are jointly organising a 2-day knowledge sharing and capacity enhancement event on satellite Earth Observation applications in agriculture and rural development. The meeting will take place on 27 and...

EO4SD featured in “A Better World”

Since 1999 Tudor Rose has published 28 books in partnership with the United Nations and its agencies, covering a diverse range of subjects from disaster reduction, water management and climate science to intercultural dialogue and humanitarian assistance....

Integration of EO4SD-Urban products in WB studies

The EO4SD-Urban in Phase 1 of its implementation (2016-2017) had the pleasure to collaborate with two dynamic and interesting projects from the World Bank (WB) based in Africa. In particular, in both activities geo-spatial products from the...

GEF-IAS-FS workshop in Nairobi, Kenya

The Global Environment Facility Integrated Approach Pilot (IAP) on sustainability and resilience for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is one of the target programs of the EO4SD (Earth Observation for Sustainable Development) “Agriculture and Rural Development Cluster”....

EO4SD-Urban @ World Bank Land & Poverty Conference ...

GAF AG, GISAT and SIRS from the EO4SD Urban Consortium attended the World Bank Land & Poverty Conference 2018 and showed the results of the collaborative work carried out in Phase 1 of the project with Multi-Lateral Development Banks,...

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Safeguarding our most precious resource: water

See how Earth Observation supports water resource managers worldwide in the video produced by the EO4SD Water Resources team, and learn more about ESA initiatives for safeguarding water in this article. Watch the video in English: in...

Capacity Building workshops in Africa

To support the implementation of development initiatives in African countries, and to contribute to filling the data and information gaps regarding the status and change in land use, vegetation cover, agricultural production and water productivity, the European...