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	Land quality and deforestation rate in Brazil June 20, 2014 A study of greenness in Mato Grosso, Brazil: Forestland remains green all year cropland turns green only as crops ripen. A NASA satelite can detect those changes, allowing...
	Congratulations to Dr. Jiquan Chen for being designated as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America! May 28, 2014 ESA designates as Fellows of the Society certain members who have made outstanding contributions to a wide range of fields served by ESA. Such contributions include, but are...
	UGEC Co-Chair Karen Seto interviewed on The MacMillan Report May 19, 2014 UGEC Co-Chair Karen Seto was recently interviewed on the MacMillan Report, where she discussed her work on human transformation of land and the links between urbanization,...
	After 16 years of successful operations, SPOT-VEGETATION ready to hand over the torch to PROBA-V! May 2, 2014 5880 days, that is how long the SPOT-VEGETATION mission has been delivering images on the global vegetation status to more than 10.000 users worldwide on a daily basis. Now...
	Conference 'Land as a resource' - Brussels, 19 June 2014 April 24, 2014 The European Commission will host a conference on 'Land as a resource' in Brussels on 19 June 2014, with the objective of highlighting the importance of good land management...
	Current LCLUC challenges in SCERIN: Assessing Ecosystem Function and Processes 9-10 June 2014, Krakow, Poland April 24, 2014 The second meeting of GOFC-GOLD South Central and East European Regional Information Network (SCERIN-2) is planned for 9-10 June 2014. It will be hosted by Drs. K....