SERA e-News

June/July 2009, Vol 6, No 3

First scientific results of mobile LIDAR revealed at international symposium

ACGT partners in international project on climate change and food safety

Landmark workshop maps the way forward for climate change atlas

First scientific results of mobile LIDAR revealed at international symposium
	The SERA Remote Sensing Fous Area Team recently presented the first scientific results of the CSIR-NLC Mobile LIDAR, as part of its Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) project. The paper was presented as part of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 2009.

ACGT partners in international project on climate change and food safety
	The CSIR and University of Pretoria, through the ACGT and with the Agricultural Research Council, are the South African consortium members on the European Union (EU) funded VEG-i-TRADE project.

Landmark workshop maps the way forward for climate change atlas
	Researchers and decision-makers from various government sectors concerned with global and climate change met in Pretoria recently for a landmark workshop aimed at bridging the gap between global change science and global change policy.

USEFUL LINKS

GM crops and the Gene Giants: Bad news for farmers

Workshop on poverty-related diseases bears fruit

Systems of innovation: Their time has come

ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

Chinese agricultural boom 'holds lessons for Africa' - Africa can learn lessons from China about how technology can make better use of fertile agricultural land to feed people, according to a new report. Source: ACGT

ACGT exemplifies the power of collaboration in boosting biotech innovation - The ACGT was recently represented by its Director, Prof Jane Morris, at the launch of the Innovation for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction towards an Enabling Environment for Systems of Innovation of Southern Africa (ISP-TEESA) in Windhoek, Namibia from 22 to 25 June. Source: ACGT

New, cheaper method for extracting clean water - A mobile pilot system could make preliminary feasibility tests for desalination easier and cheaper for developing countries. Source: SciDev.Net