GEO - INPE Supports the Expansion of the Data Distribution

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It follows one communicates published in english on the day (27/10) in the website of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) announcing that the INPE supports the expansion of the GEO satellite data distribution.

Duda Falcão

INPE Supports the Expansion of the

GEO Satellite Data Distribution

October 27, 2010

The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) will take part in the Group on Earth Observation summit from 3 to 5 November, in Beijing, China, supporting the overall policy of free access to satellite data. GEO is an Intergovernmental organization that brings together 84 countries, the European Commission plus 56 international organizations.

The INPE will join the Brazilian delegation, which will be managed by the minister Fábio Pitaluga, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Along with him will be Gilberto Câmara, Inpe’s director, in the midst of some other country’s representatives.

Brazil has been advocating the free distribution of satellite data, known as Data Democracy, as well as the Capacity Building, that has been implemented by INPE. The Capacity Building not only consist in making available the data, but also in building the capacity to receive, interpreter and use them and direct them easily to the final user.

In these three days in Beijing, there will be two plenary sessions and a ministerial meeting with representatives of GEO’s member countries to assess the progress of the implementation plan adopted at the group's creation in 2005, and also set goals for the triennium 2011-2013. The purpose is to improve the access to data of the Earth Observation and study their applications, besides working on the creation of the systems of the Global Earth Observation System.

The use of satellite data of the Earth observation is an important tool for a sustainable economic development and provides benefits to society in nine areas such as: agriculture, biodiversity, climate, ecosystems, energy, health, natural disasters, water resources and climate.

Source: WebSite of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE)