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Call for PhD applications in Protected Areas Management Effectiveness Evaluation

November 4, 2014
Calls for Application

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Towards UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015: What Can We Learn in Budapest?

Type: 
Lecture
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
Room: 
609
Date: 
October 30, 2014 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Speaker: 
Bénédicte Williams
Organizer: 
Ruben Mnatsakanian

The talk will have two main objectives: to present the French Institute (its organisation, its programmes in the sectors of cultural, higher education and scientific cooperation), and to present the French position on climate change, both through its preparation for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris and through the actions organized by the Budapest French Institute in the coming months.

UN Workshop on Satellite Imagery in Environmental Management

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Type: 
Workshop
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
Room: 
Blue Lab
Date: 
October 14, 2014 - 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Speaker: 
Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA)
Organizer: 
Viktor Lagutov

Lorant Czaran, a Programme Officer at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna, will be conducting a workshop on using satellite imagery on Thursday 14 October at 13:30 to 16:30. Lorant is the focal point on geospatial matters at UNOOSA and is also covering the domain of space technologies for environmental monitoring and natural resource management under the Programme on Space Applications; he is actively involved as well with the UN-SPIDER Platform (Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response).

PhD Candidate Diane Matar is highlighted as one of the Young Professionals inspiring a new generation in the landmark IUCN World Parks Congress.

October 10, 2014
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PhD Candidate Diane Matar is highlighted as one of the Young Professionals inspiring a new generation in the landmark IUCN World Parks Congress.

Taking place in Sydney on November 12-19, the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 is a milestone global forum on protected areas. Under the theme "Parks, people, planet: inspiring solutions", this once-in-a-decade event will group 4000+ people who will share inspiring stories, discuss approaches to conservation and sustainable development, and set the agenda for the next 10 years.

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Geospatial technologies in disaster management

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Type: 
Lecture
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Monument Building
Room: 
201
Date: 
October 9, 2014 - 1:45pm
Speaker: 
Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA)
Organizer: 
Viktor Lagutov
SMARG and Syslab are pleased to announce Lorant Czaran, a Programme Officer at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna, will be conducting a lecture by videoconference at CEU on Thursday 9 October at 13:45.

New research paper launched about indicators for sustainable development goals (SDGs)

October 3, 2014
News

A new research paper about indicators for sustainable development goals (SDGs), prepared by Professor Laszlo Pinter and Dora Almassy, PhD Student, was launched during the ENVforum conference at the European Economic and Social Committee on 29-30 September in Brussels, Belgium.

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Professor Aistara's new research article published

September 25, 2014
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Actually existing tomatoes: Politics of memory, variety, and empire in Latvian struggles over seeds

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RESILIM-O: Resilience in the Limpopo Basin Program - Olifants

Duration: 
January, 2012 to December, 2015
Researcher: 
Brandon P. Anthony
Funding: 
US-AID

CEU Receives Donation From Leading Geospatial Software Company Esri

July 9, 2014
News
Systems Laboratory
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.

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UNEP Representative Meets with CEU Students

July 8, 2014
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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/).

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