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I am interested in applications of geospatial techniques (remote sensing, GIS, GPS) and modeling (spatial and statistical molding) in the following items: Soil survey and mapping, land degradation, Desertification, soil improvement, land Resources evaluation;
Land Capability, Land Suitability, land use planning, environmental hazard assessment, change detection, soil fertility, crop monitoring, and crop and soil management, climate impacts on agriculture and soil properties. </span></font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" class="">Many thanks for this info. Looks like a great opportunity to also plan joint Newton and other bids building on this. It will be good opportunity for UK labs, University of Pretoria and National Authority for Remote
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one from each country, and will focus either on a specific research area or on an interdisciplinary theme (for example ‘Sustainable Cities’). Workshop coordinators can identify up to three additional Leading or Established Researchers<sup class="">1</sup>(one from
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:0.05pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">They should focus on one of the following five themes:</span></p><p style="font-family:"arial black",sans-serif; font-size:small; margin-bottom:6pt" class="">
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</span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:0.05pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">Renewable energy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:"arial black",sans-serif; font-size:small; margin-bottom:6pt">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:0.05pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">Workshops should take place between 1<sup class="">st</sup>February 2016 and 31<sup class="">st</sup>January 2017.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="letter-spacing:0.06px" class="">I find this is excellent opportunity to propose a workshop so who is interest to contribute in this initiative?</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small; margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">for more information, kindly see the attached documents</span><br class="">
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