Their products, including EOSDA Crop Monitoring and EOSDA Forest Monitoring, support sustainable agriculture practices, efficient resource utilization, and forest management. In 2022, EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA), a part of the Noosphere space group, received the 'Commercial Sector' award for their use of satellite data to provide insights on 10 out of the 17 SDGs. The awards program also acknowledges the private sector's contributions to sustainable development. This tool enables cities worldwide to compare their performance and track SDG 11.3.1 (Land Use Efficiency), contributing to sustainable urban development and empowering city planners. They received the 'Academia' award for developing the Google Earth Engine App for Interactive City Definition and Automatic SDG Indicator 11.3.1 Calculation. Credits: Reforestamos MéxicoĪnother notable winner in 2022 was the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. GEO SDG 2022 Winner Reforestamos México worked closely with community members and local students. Their project aided local decision-makers in land management, nature conservation, biodiversity preservation, and ecosystem services.

For instance, in 2022, Reforestamos México received the 'GEO Member Country' award for their use of Landsat 8 satellite images to provide updated information about eight forest connectivity corridors across 16 Mexican states. Since its inception in 2019, the GEO SDG Awards Program has honored 30 exceptional winners. The awards program supports NASA Applied Sciences' aim to demonstrate how Earth observations can be used to strengthen societies and ecosystems in the face of environmental change and bridge the gap between scientific research and practical applications. Lawrence Friedl, director of NASA's Applied Sciences Program, is the co-chair of EO4SDG, and represents the United States. The EO4SDG Initiative under GEO manages the GEO SDG Awards. Thus it is more important than ever to acknowledge the efforts of organizations that are dedicated to realizing the SDGs. As of 2023, progress has varied toward achieving these goals. In 2015, the United Nations' member countries adopted the (SDGs). For more information and to submit nominations, please visit /awards/. The program welcomes applications from diverse sectors, including civil society, the commercial sphere, academia, not-for-profit organizations, inter-governmental bodies, SDG 'custodian agencies,' and countries and programs associated with GEO. The 2023 GEO SDG Awards Program is accepting nominations from May 16th to July 2nd, 2023. GEO SDG 2022 Winners being recognized at GEO Week 2023 in Accra, Ghana.

Nasa news september 2015