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Daniel,
<div>How is this pest (tick) being tracked now? And what is being done with that information?<br>
<div>-Patrick</div>
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On Dec 12, 2017, at 10:53 PM, Dan Bwanika <<a href="mailto:bulemezi@gmail.com">bulemezi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Pat</span><br>
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<span>Africa was slow, very slow in the past to handle such tragedies. Now</span><br>
<span>there is the urgency. Once again Africa has to be grateful for grate</span><br>
<span>innovator and innovationns that makes it possible to highlight these</span><br>
<span>and other similar issues in such public forums for action.</span><br>
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<span>One more important issue here is that Africa's forests are not only</span><br>
<span>beautiful but enormous resources for rare medicinal drugs and other</span><br>
<span>compounds that can save humanity from cancers, Alzheimer and such</span><br>
<span>diseases. For evolutionists , the research possibilities are enormous.</span><br>
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<span>It will be huge hard work to catalogue all this data but for those</span><br>
<span>with passion it is all rewarding and a destination to a Noble Prize</span><br>
<span>worthy pursuing.</span><br>
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<span>Hopefully; researchers, inventors and innovators, students and their</span><br>
<span>professors, tree lovers, environmental enthusiasts and professors will</span><br>
<span>find room to do more for the betterment of humanity.</span><br>
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<span>Uganda welcomes all. (Ron cattle keepers in Uganda are in battle with</span><br>
<span>ticks can you help?!)</span><br>
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<span>Best Wishes</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>Daniel Bwanika</span><br>
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<span>On 12/12/17, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>> wrote:</span><br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>Daniel and the Africa Contingent,</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Our heart goes out to so much of humanity having to deal with a diminishing</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>world due to over consumption by others.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>In light of this sadness, if I may, still some good news!</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>First of all, the GeoForAll Lab <a href="http://www.AWorldBridge.com">
www.AWorldBridge.com</a> is successfully</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>delivering a UN/FAO product specifically to serve the urgent needs of North</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Africa, in addressing the recent infestation of the Fall Armyworm (moth/</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>caterpillar), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_armyworm">
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_armyworm</a>. Ron Fortunato is</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>getting kudos from FAO for the monitoring system his New York Fei Tian</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>University students built for FAO. I will let Ron share the details if</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>anyone is interested.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>This is in addition to the Locust Intervention tracking system AWorldBridge</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>is also building for FAO for North Africa. And of course there is also the</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>OpenCitySmart work his GeoForAll labs are continuing to work on.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>The other good news is that there has just been a new release of ESA-NASA</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>WebWorldWind! v0.9.0 (we are conservative!).</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>The European Space Agency (ESA) has standardized on this platform and is</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>working with NASA to accelerate its development.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WebWorldWind/releases/tag/v0.9.0">https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WebWorldWind/releases/tag/v0.9.0</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Forum post:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://forum.worldwindcentral.com/forum/web-world-wind/web-world-wind-help/158071-web-worldwind-v0-9-0-now-available">https://forum.worldwindcentral.com/forum/web-world-wind/web-world-wind-help/158071-web-worldwind-v0-9-0-now-available</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>WebWorldWind is already the backbone for the ESA Sentinel apps (pretty cool</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>stuff):</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Sentinel App for iOS:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/esa-sentinel/id1036738151">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/esa-sentinel/id1036738151</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Sentinel App for Android:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=esa.sentinel">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=esa.sentinel</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Given the UN OpenGIS group has recently selected WebWorldWind for their web</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>apps, this new version will give them a powerful start.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/">https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>-<a href="mailto:Patrick.Hogan@nasa.gov">Patrick.Hogan@nasa.gov</a></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>(650) 269-2788 (c)</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>From: GeoForAll [<a href="mailto:geoforall-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:geoforall-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Dan</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Bwanika</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 6:44 AM</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>To: GeoForAll</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: BISA-IPEG; ACUMEN; Urban Geography Discussion and Announcement Forum</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: [Geo4All] Geo Data, Urbanisation, Climate Changes and Tropical</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Africa</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Forum</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Africa in its efforts to develop, what were once Dense Tropical forests are</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>now turning into human settlements. This is where geo data science comes in</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>handy.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Most African countries do not have animal, insect and plant genetic data</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>banks or museums.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>It’s a double tragedy now that climate change too is impacting this region</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>negatively. The dense Tropical forests have helped Africans to survive in</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>many different ways with medicinal plants and different types of forests</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>foods that unfortunately are undocumented.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>This knowledge is crucial for sustainable development and can be lost if Geo</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Data Science does not establish its footprint here. Typical forest people</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>with base knowledge is also rapidly disappearing.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Best Wishes</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Daniel Bwanika.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>_____________________________</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Daniel Bwanika</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Box 12413 Kampala</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Uganda</span><br>
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<span>_____________________________</span><br>
<span>Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero</span><br>
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<span>Daniel Bwanika</span><br>
<span>Box 12413 Kampala</span><br>
<span>Uganda</span><br>
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