| 2009-12-17 | To bloggers |
Nature protection from space: December 19, the “Voice of Russia” on air
Olga Gershenzon
Olga Gershenzon, Deputy General Director of ScanEx RDC, will talk about the experience of space imagery application for nature protection on December 19 at 17:00 Moscow time on air in the radio program “The Club of Commodores”.
The audience will learn about the possibilities of using space images in harp seals population protection in the White Sea, white whale in the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as about monitoring of Russian forests from space, being carried out, in particular, to detect illegal loggings. In addition, Olga Gershenzon will speak about the advantages of modern space technology introduction into the operations of public agencies, educational and scientific institutions and commercial companies.
One may listen to the live radio broadcast “The Club of Commodores” on Internet: activate “Now on air/Russian service” section (mms://live.wm.t-bn.de/live/st_ru/stimme_russl) from the main page of the “Voice of Russia” radio web-site (http://rus.ruvr.ru/).
The “Voice of Russia” radio station is now broadcasting in 160 countries. Please see the frequency reference list of the Russian services broadcasting in different countries here: http://rus.ruvr.ru/rusradio.html.
REFERENCES:
ScanEx Research and Development Center (ScanEx R&D Center) is the leading Russian company on the remote sensing market that offers a complete set of services ranging from acquisition to thematic processing of Earth observation images from space. Company portfolio: designing and manufacturing of firmware complexes for space data reception and processing, development of software for satellite-based data reception, storing, processing and interpretation, creation of data archives of world leading RS programs, generation of derived thematic products and rendering web-mapping services.
Olga Gershenzon – Deputy General Director of ScanEx RDC. Graduated from the Moscow State University (Geography Department) with major in meteorology. Member of GOFC/GOLD (Global Observation for Forest and Land Cover Dynamics) work group, member of the LEAD international program (Leadership for Environment and Development) and member of the organizing committee of Global Forest Watch and Forest Watch Russia programs. Area of interests: introduction of satellite-based monitoring techniques to Russian public, commercial and non-commercial organizations; democratization of access (cheaper, faster and more streamlined) to remote sensing data for the widest possible range of users; support and management of nature protection projects using space images.
The audience will learn about the possibilities of using space images in harp seals population protection in the White Sea, white whale in the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as about monitoring of Russian forests from space, being carried out, in particular, to detect illegal loggings. In addition, Olga Gershenzon will speak about the advantages of modern space technology introduction into the operations of public agencies, educational and scientific institutions and commercial companies.
One may listen to the live radio broadcast “The Club of Commodores” on Internet: activate “Now on air/Russian service” section (mms://live.wm.t-bn.de/live/st_ru/stimme_russl) from the main page of the “Voice of Russia” radio web-site (http://rus.ruvr.ru/).
The “Voice of Russia” radio station is now broadcasting in 160 countries. Please see the frequency reference list of the Russian services broadcasting in different countries here: http://rus.ruvr.ru/rusradio.html.
REFERENCES:
ScanEx Research and Development Center (ScanEx R&D Center) is the leading Russian company on the remote sensing market that offers a complete set of services ranging from acquisition to thematic processing of Earth observation images from space. Company portfolio: designing and manufacturing of firmware complexes for space data reception and processing, development of software for satellite-based data reception, storing, processing and interpretation, creation of data archives of world leading RS programs, generation of derived thematic products and rendering web-mapping services.
Olga Gershenzon – Deputy General Director of ScanEx RDC. Graduated from the Moscow State University (Geography Department) with major in meteorology. Member of GOFC/GOLD (Global Observation for Forest and Land Cover Dynamics) work group, member of the LEAD international program (Leadership for Environment and Development) and member of the organizing committee of Global Forest Watch and Forest Watch Russia programs. Area of interests: introduction of satellite-based monitoring techniques to Russian public, commercial and non-commercial organizations; democratization of access (cheaper, faster and more streamlined) to remote sensing data for the widest possible range of users; support and management of nature protection projects using space images.
