World in a box : mashing computer modelling, web mapping and web 2.0 for environmental awareness and policy support June 10, 2010
1st floor
5 Southampton St
Covent Garden
London, England WC2E 7HA
London, England WC2E 7HA
With Mark Mulligan, Department of Geography, Kings College London and senior fellow of the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
This talk focuses on recent trends in making environmental data and information accessible in ways in which environmental and developmental NGOs, advocacy groups and interested citizens can engage with it and contribute to understanding, preventing and mitigating the worst outcomes of environmental change.
To register, please visit http://geospatial.bcs.org/web/?q=node/59/eventregistration
Official Website: http://geospatial.bcs.org/web/?q=worldinabox
Added by alarcombe on May 27, 2010
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