Translation of "Soil Capability for Agriculture Canada land inventory " (English → French) :

Soil Capability for Agriculture: Canada land inventory

Yet, the lands in Africa are heavily affected by soil degradation and agriculture is not capable to meet the needs of 30% of malnourished people in Africa.

The program is home to Canada Research Chair Dr. Mario Tenuta, an applied soil ecologist, whose work focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions produced from agricultural activities by understanding the influence of land, manure and crop management strategies.

29. Considers that GMES is also a European Union flagship programme playing a key role in earth observation; underlines the importance of GMES’s contribution to achieving Europe 2020 objectives and to supporting growth and the green economy, as well as long-term investments in technology and infrastructure; reaffirms the importance of GMES as an essential tool in combating climate change and environmental degradation; notes that, through the acquisition and analysis of information at national, regional and global level, GMES will allow the extraction of precise and useful data for: atmospheric, marine and land ...[+++] monitoring, civil protection, risk prevention, early warning systems, emergency management and recovery operations following environmental, natural or man-made disasters, maritime and costal surveillance, agricultural development, water and soil management and regional planning, making use of innovative environmental assessment and reporting technology capable of combining spatial and in-situ data;

4. Reaffirms the importance of GMES, the Earth observation system, as an essential tool in combating climate change and environmental degradation; notes that, through the acquisition and analysis of information at national, regional and global level, GMES will allow the extraction of precise and useful data for: atmospheric, marine and land monitoring, civil protection, risk prevention, early warning systems, emergency management and recovery operations following environmental, natural or man-made disasters, maritime and costal surv ...[+++]eillance, agricultural development, water and soil management and regional planning, making use of innovative environmental assessment and reporting technology capable of combining spatial and in-situ data; underlines the importance of GMES’s contribution to achieving Europe 2020 objectives and to supporting growth and the green economy, as well as long-term investments in technology and infrastructure, which are the priorities of the European Union and all Member States strongly committed to environmental policy;