[Geo4All] Geo Data, Urbanisation, Climate Changes and Tropical Africa

Dan Bwanika bulemezi at gmail.com
Wed Dec 13 10:37:53 PST 2017


Patrick

I fully agree with you and Sven. I do believe we have a good starting point.


Best

Dan



On 12/13/17, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov> wrote:
> Daniel,
>
> We can only build apps, not support implementation. Actually, Sven Schade
> made a brilliant suggestion in coordinating with the GBIF's Biodiversity
> Information for Development (BID) and the JRS African Biodiversity
> Challenge. Along with the UN Environment Assembly's recent African Citizen
> Science Association effort.
>
> Getting Sven to help think you through these operations that already have
> some international structure, seem like a wise way to go! Sven is very well
> connected and has a legendary capacity (in my opinion) to get to the heart
> of an issue with highly constructive guidance.
>
> -Patrick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Bwanika [mailto:bulemezi at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 9:51 AM
> To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
> Cc: GeoForAll; Ronald Fortunato
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] Geo Data, Urbanisation, Climate Changes and Tropical
> Africa
>
> Partick and Ronald
>
> I am not very sure of the model used for tracking but certainly not geobased
> tracking. However, according to recent reports, Uganda concentrates on
> spraying not really tracking.  As a result, what has recently emerged is
> that the ticks have become resistant to the drugs.
>
> This is as a result of the past 25 years of persistent commericialisation of
> this sector with different cattle breeds.
>
> Best
>
> Dan
>
>
> On 12/13/17, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov> wrote:
>> Daniel,
>> How is this pest (tick) being tracked now? And what is being done with
>> that information?
>> -Patrick
>>
>> On Dec 12, 2017, at 10:53 PM, Dan Bwanika
>> <bulemezi at gmail.com<mailto:bulemezi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Pat
>>
>> Africa was slow, very slow in the past to handle such tragedies.  Now
>> there is the urgency. Once again Africa has to be grateful for grate
>> innovator and innovationns that makes it possible to highlight these
>> and other similar issues in such public forums for action.
>>
>> One more important issue here is that Africa's forests are not only
>> beautiful but enormous resources for rare medicinal drugs and other
>> compounds that can save humanity from cancers, Alzheimer and such
>> diseases. For evolutionists , the research possibilities are enormous.
>>
>> It will be huge hard work to catalogue all this data but for those
>> with passion it is all rewarding and a destination to a Noble Prize
>> worthy pursuing.
>>
>> Hopefully; researchers, inventors and innovators, students and their
>> professors, tree lovers, environmental enthusiasts and professors will
>> find room to do more for the betterment of humanity.
>>
>> Uganda welcomes all. (Ron cattle keepers in Uganda are in battle with
>> ticks can you help?!)
>>
>> Best Wishes
>>
>> Daniel Bwanika
>>
>>
>> On 12/12/17, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
>> <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>> wrote:
>> Daniel and the Africa Contingent,
>>
>> Our heart goes out to so much of humanity having to deal with a
>> diminishing world due to over consumption by others.
>>
>> In light of this sadness, if I may, still some good news!
>> First of all, the GeoForAll Lab
>> www.AWorldBridge.com<http://www.AWorldBridge.com> is successfully
>> delivering a UN/FAO product specifically to serve the urgent needs of
>> North Africa, in addressing the recent infestation of the Fall
>> Armyworm (moth/ caterpillar),
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_armyworm. Ron Fortunato is getting
>> kudos from FAO for the monitoring system his New York Fei Tian
>> University students built for FAO. I will let Ron share the details if
>> anyone is interested.
>>
>> This is in addition to the Locust Intervention tracking system
>> AWorldBridge is also building for FAO for North Africa. And of course
>> there is also the OpenCitySmart work his GeoForAll labs are continuing to
>> work on.
>>
>> The other good news is that there has just been a new release of
>> ESA-NASA WebWorldWind! v0.9.0 (we are conservative!).
>> The European Space Agency (ESA) has standardized on this platform and
>> is working with NASA to accelerate its development.
>> https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WebWorldWind/releases/tag/v0.9.0
>>
>> Forum post:
>> https://forum.worldwindcentral.com/forum/web-world-wind/web-world-wind
>> -help/158071-web-worldwind-v0-9-0-now-available
>>
>> WebWorldWind is already the backbone for the ESA Sentinel apps (pretty
>> cool
>> stuff):
>> Sentinel App for iOS:
>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/esa-sentinel/id1036738151
>> Sentinel App for Android:
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=esa.sentinel
>>
>> Given the UN OpenGIS group has recently selected WebWorldWind for
>> their web apps, this new version will give them a powerful start.
>> https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
>>
>> -Patrick.Hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:Patrick.Hogan at nasa.gov>
>> (650) 269-2788 (c)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: GeoForAll [mailto:geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf
>> Of Dan Bwanika
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 6:44 AM
>> To: GeoForAll
>> Cc: BISA-IPEG; ACUMEN; Urban Geography Discussion and Announcement
>> Forum
>> Subject: [Geo4All] Geo Data, Urbanisation, Climate Changes and
>> Tropical Africa
>>
>> Forum
>>
>> Africa in its efforts to develop, what were once Dense Tropical
>> forests are now turning into human settlements. This is where geo data
>> science comes in handy.
>>
>> Most African countries do not have animal, insect and plant genetic
>> data banks or museums.
>>
>> It’s a double tragedy now that climate change too is impacting this
>> region negatively. The dense Tropical forests have helped Africans to
>> survive in many different ways with medicinal plants and different
>> types of forests foods that unfortunately are undocumented.
>>
>> This knowledge is crucial for sustainable development and can be lost
>> if Geo Data Science does not establish its footprint here. Typical
>> forest people with base knowledge is also rapidly disappearing.
>>
>> Best Wishes
>> Daniel Bwanika.
>> _____________________________
>> Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero
>>
>> Daniel Bwanika
>> Box 12413 Kampala
>> Uganda
>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> _____________________________
>> Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero
>>
>> Daniel Bwanika
>> Box 12413 Kampala
>> Uganda
>>
>> t: +256-752-972-960
>> f: facebook.com/uidc.uganda<http://facebook.com/uidc.uganda>
>> www.uidc-ea.org<http://www.uidc-ea.org>
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>> t: @uidc_ug
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>
> --
> _____________________________
> Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero
>
> Daniel Bwanika
> Box 12413 Kampala
> Uganda
>
> t: +256-752-972-960
> f: facebook.com/uidc.uganda
> www.uidc-ea.org
> e: uidcug at gmail.com
> t: @uidc_ug
>


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_____________________________
Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero

Daniel Bwanika
Box 12413 Kampala
Uganda

t: +256-752-972-960
f: facebook.com/uidc.uganda
www.uidc-ea.org
e: uidcug at gmail.com
t: @uidc_ug



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