Prof. HUANG Wenjiang, head of the CAS Key Laboratory of Digital Earth under AIR visited the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy on September 20.The two sides exchanged ideas on the issues such as global food and agricultural resource monitoring, major agricultural disaster monitoring, early warning, and emergency decision-making, and agreed to promote the use of spatial information for relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by involving joint international projects, and boosting cooperation in terms of data sharing, personnel exchanges and information release.

The 11th International Symposium on Digital Earth jointly with the 20th Anniversary of Digital Earth symposium series were held in Florence, Italy on September 24, 2019. The four-day event was hosted by the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) and was co-organized by the National Research Council of Italy together with the European Commission - Joint Research Centre.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mission attending the 74th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly released Thursday four documents on China's cooperation with the UN and its action and progress in climate change and sustainable development.

The 2019 International Training Workshop on BeiDou Technology and its Applications in the Belt and Road Countries and Regions kicked off in Beijing on September 17.The 2019 International Training Workshop on BeiDou Technology and its Applications in the Belt and Road Countries and Regions kicked off in Beijing on September 17.

HARARE, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) handed over an arable land distribution data product here on Thursday to Zimbabwe, as the two countries are strengthening scientific cooperation to boost food security in the southern African country.The product, co-developed by the CAS, China's top scientific and technological institution, and the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), contains high-precision data which will help Zimbabwe address challenges of agriculture productivity and climate change.

LUSAKA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) handed over a high-definition cropland distribution dataset to Zambia on Thursday, aiming to help the southern African nation develop its agriculture sector.The Zambia National Fine Resolution Cropland Data Layer provides nationwide close to real-time cropland data and up to a 10-meter resolution ratio, according to CAS.