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Our mission:
Recently, climate
change issues including the increase of natural disasters, desertification, and
the reduction of bio-diversity, have continued
to rise. With the economic chaos started from the end of fall 2008, it is time
for people living on the Earth to start thinking seriously about the
approaching end of humankind. Looking back to the history of life on the Earth,
it can be divided to the four ages, i.e. the age of the creation when the
earliest form of life started, the age of reconstitution when the eukaryotes were created, the age of diversification when many kinds of
animals were born, and at present times, the age of the brain when the human
being has increasingly contributed to
the shaping of the Earth system (influence of human activity). With our
willingness, we can decide about the ideal way of human life on the Earth. We need to understand the Earth accurately and the human society so that
we can make correct choices.
For this, spatial information, and connections between short and long term
time sequential information at all scales are crucially needed. Remote
sensing is one of the most effective technologies that offer such information
to the human being. .
Terms of Reference:
- Forestry, vegetation, agricultural and biodiversity studies and applications;
- Hydrology, oceanography, coastal zone, snow and ice applications;
- Atmospheric and weather studies and applications;
- Geology, pedology and geomorphology studies and applications;
- Monitoring and management of land and water resources;
- Land use, human impact and ecosystem analyses;
- Disaster monitoring, mitigation and damage assessment;
- Hazardous waste and environmental pollution assessment;
- Infrastructure, transportation and communications studies and applications;
- Satellite and aerial remote sensing policies;
- Cooperation with international environmental programs and strategies;
- Earth Observation activities to support sustainable development.
Technical Commission Officers:
President |
VICE PRESIDENT |
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY |
ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY |
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Haruhisa SHIMODA
Research & Information Center, Tokai University
2-28-4, Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0063
Japan
Tel: +81-3-3481-0611
Fax: +81-3-3481-0610
Email: smd@keyaki.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp |
Yasushi HORIKAWA
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency-JAXA
2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki
Japan
Tel: +81-29-868-5075
Fax: +81-29-868-5963
Email: horikawa.yasushi@jaxa.jp |
Kohei CHO
Research & Information Center, Tokai University
2-28-4, Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0063
Japan
Tel: +81-3-3481-0611
Fax: +81-3-3481-0610
E-mail: cho@yoyogi.ycc.u-tokai.ac.jp |
Yoshiaki HONDA
Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS),
Chiba University
1-33, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8522
Japan
Tel: +81-43-290-3845
Fax: +81-43-290-3857
E-mail: yhonda@faculty.chiba-u.jp |
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