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Game on the Loose: Reparations Near Kruger National Park

September 24, 2014
Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy Brandon Anthony discusses the research he conducts in and around Kruger National Park in South Africa. Image credit: CEU/Daniel Vegel

We are generally used to hearing positive things about conservation efforts and wildlife preservation. But imagine a four-ton elephant ramming through an electric fence and trampling your crops or a lion on the hunt for your cattle. These are very real issues for people who live on and work the land surrounding the 2-million hectare, world-renowned Kruger National Park (KNP) in South Africa.

CEU Receives Donation From Leading Geospatial Software Company Esri

July 9, 2014
Esri

Esri, the leading global geospatial software company based in Redlands, California,  donated over 30 licenses of their latest geographic information systems (GIS) software, ArcGIS 10, for CEU students and faculty.

UNEP Representative Meets with CEU Students

July 8, 2014
Mahesh Pradhan at the Plenary Session of Bridging ICTs and Environment

Mahesh Pradhan, the head of UNEP’s Environmental Education and Training Unit (EETU) in Nairobi, Kenya, spent last week at CEU as a co-director for the Summer University course titled “Bridging ICTs and Environment – Making Information Talk and Technologies Work", also co-directed by Viktor Lagutov, Head of the Environmental Systems Laboratory (http://syslab.ceu.hu/).

Workshop on ICTs and Water Management

July 7, 2014
Ed Parsons, Google

Representatives of organizations as diverse as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Asia Foundation, WWF Azerbaijan, and the municipality of St. Petersburg, Russia came together at CEU last week to explore how information and communication technologies can enable them to improve water management and security practices.