On July 7, 2022, Prof. GUO Huadong, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, and Dr. Bruno Oberle, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) through a virtual ceremony to advance collaboration on applying space technologies to monitor, conserve and protect natural World Heritage sites. This joint work will support the implementation of the World Heritage Convention which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022.

The 5th Asia-Oceania Group on Earth Observations (AOGEO) Workshop wrapped up in Beijing and online on June 17, 2022.

BEIJING, June 24 (China Economic Net) Pakistan looks forwards to China-Pak joint scientific research for the building of Green China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

The "Digital Arctic Environment Seminar on the Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action (SDG13)" was held on May 31, 2022, attended by nearly 40 scientists from the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, CAS, the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS, the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, the Polar Research Institute of China, the University of CAS, the Nanjing University, the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

ZHANG Hangyue, doctoral student from the Aerostat System R&D Center with the Aerospace Information Research Institute(AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences, won the "Outstanding Paper Award for young scientists" from the International Commission on Space Research (COSPAR).

The Training Workshop and Academic Seminar of Joint Validation of Multi-source Remote Sensing Information and Sharing in BRICS Countries Project (JVRIS) under the BRICS STI Framework Program was successfully held online (synchronous webcast in Beijing, New Delhi, and Moscow) from 24 to 26 May 2022. The event aims to publicize the achievements of the JVRIS project, promote application of Earth Observations in ecology and environment monitoring, and cultivate S&T talents for BRICS countries and other developing countries.