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AMESD Sets Up Satellite Receiving Station in BCA

Friday, 13 August 2010 12:24 administrator

By Mataba Tapela, BCA

Sebele, Botswana: A Satellite Receiving Station is installed in the Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA) through the framework of African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD). The Satellite Receiving Station was officially launched by the Acting Principal of the BCA, Mr Ditshoke L. Monametsi, at a ceremony held in 15 July 2010 in Sebele, Botswana. The ceremony was attended by the Director of Botswana Department of Meteorological Services, Mr Phetolo Phage, Dean of Faculty of Agriculture at BCA, Prof. Elemino B. Khonga, SADC-THEMA Project Leader, Mr. Isaac Kusane, and by participants of the SADC-THEMA Kick-Off workshop which was held at the University of Botswana from 13-15 July, 2010.

Mr D. L. Monametsi, (Acting Principal of BCA) cuts the ribbon to mark the official launch of the BCA Satellite Receiving Station as Mr Phetolo Phage (Director of DMS) looks on

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AMESD Newsletter August 2010

Friday, 06 August 2010 14:12 administrator

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AMESD IGAD THEMA Kicks Off

Friday, 30 July 2010 11:14 administrator

Nairobi, Kenya (29 July 2010): The AMESD IGAD Kick off Workshop, which was organized by the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) - an intergovernmental organization of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21^st - 23^rd July 2010 at Intercontinental Hotel. The workshop marks the official start of the regional action on land degradation and natural habitat conservation, and paves the way to the three years implementation, up to the 10^th May 2013, of the AMESD IGAD regional action.

The workshop gave the opportunity in officially presenting to the national, regional and international partners the future services and products that they will be using once developed, reviewing in depth the implementation plan and activities and discussing cross-cutting issues such as satellite data access and capacity building.

Participants of the workshop

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First Batch of Deployments of AMESD Satellite Receiving Stations in the IGAD Region Succeeded!

Monday, 12 July 2010 06:10 administrator

12 July 2010 (Nairobi, Kenya): The month of June 2010 marked the start of the 8 deployment batches that will allow the installation of 51 AMESD Thematic stations in Africa for environment related institutions (9 full AMESD station in the IGAD region) and 50 upgrades of the PUMA platforms for National Met services.

The technical room at the ICPAC equipped with the E-station and PUMA station (11/06/2010)

As the 1^st country to be targeted, KENYA saw in June the deployment of 4 AMESD thematic stations (DRSRS, ICPAC, SWALIM, KMFRI), 2 PUMA upgrade (KMD and ICPAC) and the upgrade of the regional training laboratory (IMTR).

The next batches of deployments will follow in the planning to cover all the IGAD member states.

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