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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">Happy New Year 2019.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">The United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment states: “ecosystems are critical to human well </span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">being - to
our health, our prosperity, our security, and to our social and cultural identity.” Conservation and biodiversity management play important roles in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Earth observations can help with these efforts.</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program will be providing a webinar series in January 2019 on how to use satellite imagery for Conservation & Biodiversity applications. This online webinar series introduces
participants to the use of satellite data for conservation and biodiversity applications. The series will highlight specific projects that have successfully used satellite data. Examples include:</span></p>
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<span style="font-stretch:normal; font-size:10px; line-height:normal; font-family:Menlo"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">detecting penguins</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">
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<span style="color:#454545"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">This Webinar is open and you can register or find out more at </span><a href="https://arset.gsfc.nasa.gov/land/webinars/conservation-biodiversity-2018" id="LPlnk115294" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">https://arset.gsfc.nasa.gov/land/webinars/conservation-biodiversity-2018</span></a></span><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">Earth Observations and geo technologies</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">will play a key role to guide policy and improve conservation
efforts around the world. </span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please share our resources with all for enabling Geo education opportunities for everyone </span><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/" id="LPlnk576247" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">I am grateful to everyone who works for Open Principles in Science and Education globally. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">I wish you all </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">a
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