Earth Day 2020

The global pandemic we’re all currently facing demonstrates that borders are just lines on a piece of paper, nationalities are just a list of words and people are just people wherever they live. We all share the same Earth, breathe … Continue reading

Celebrating Forests & Water

Whilst most of Europe, and other parts of the world, go into various levels of lockdown and many people will not venturing far outside, this weekend marks two international celebrations: International Day of Forests takes place on Saturday 21st March; … Continue reading

3 Ways Earth Observation is Tackling Food Security

One of the key global challenges is food security. A number of reports issued last week, coinciding with World Food Day on the 16th October, demonstrated how Earth Observation (EO) could play a key part in tackling this. Climate change … Continue reading

Great Barrier Reef Coral Bleaching

Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia was worse than expected last year, and a further decline is expected in 2017 according to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. In a document issued this week they noted … Continue reading

Report on Last Week’s Global Oceans Action Summit

Last week I attended the Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth; held at The World Forum in The Hague (the Netherlands). It brought together 500 ocean stakeholders from over 80 countries to address the three key … Continue reading