[SDI-Africa] GEO Plenary and Summit 'outputs' (e.g. announcment of free CBERS imagery for African countries)

[Kate Lance]

Representatives of governments and international organizations assembled in Cape Town, South Africa for the  international ministerial summit on “Global Earth Observation System of Systems,” 28 to 30 November 2008.

http://www.earthobservations.org/documents/the_first_100_steps_to_geoss.pdf
The Summit considered a Report on Progress highlighting some 100 Early Achievements illustrating the kinds of societal benefits that the System of Systems will produce. “The First 100 Steps to GEOSS" 

http://www.dst.gov.za/media-room/press-releases-1/brazil-and-china-join-forces-to-distribute-satellite-imagery-to-africa-at-zero-cost/
During the two-day GEO plenary that preceded the Summit, the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) Program announced the launch of a new service that will provide Earth observation information to African countries free of charge.

http://www.dst.gov.za/media-room/press-releases-1/Declaration.pdf
Draft 'Cape Town Declaration'
http://www.dst.gov.za/media-room/press-releases-1/cape-town-ministerial-declaration-calls-for-strengthening-and-integrating-earth-observation-and-prediction-systems/


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