Willie Smits to Speak at ESRI User Conference22/05/2009 |
| Indonesian biologist Willie Smits will deliver a Keynote Address at the 2009 ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC) in July 2009. Smits will share his inspirational passion for rebuilding forest habitats and orangutan populations. He will talk about a project under way in eastern Borneo that is helping communities by creating a better future for local people, trees, and the orangutan. |
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Smits is driven by the idea that rebuilding orangutan populations begins with improving their forest habitat, which had been damaged by deforestation. To this end, Smits serves as chairman for the Masarang Foundation, a nonprofit organization created to raise money and awareness in hopes of restoring forests and empowering local people. In 2007, the organisation opened a palm-sugar factory that uses thermal energy to turn sugar palms into sugar and ethanol, returning cash and power to the community. The factory provides local people with alternatives to the short-term fix of harvesting forests to survive. Website: http://www.esri.com/uc/ Supplier: Esri (Headquarters) More news from this supplier: Research into Utility GIS Benefits Spatial Base for Maryland's Budgeting Access National Geographic World Basemap at ArcGIS Online Harrison County Citizens Access Election Information Online ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android Bill Clinton to Speak at Eye on Earth Summit Discussion on Adapting to Climate Change International Tech Hub Opens in Middle East Report: Esri Leading GIS Provider in Utilities Sector Esri Assists Thailand Flood Response TatukGIS Developer Kernel 10 Upgrade Netcad Asia Convention Community Heritage Project Using GIS Visualisation Teaching Award for Russell G. Congalton ION Autonomous Snowplough Competition Winners GeoCore 2012 with Lidar API First Real-time Seafloor Earthquake Observatory CyberCity 3D Launches 3D Solar Buildings Second UltraCamX for Valley Air Photos Capacity-building to Develop Afghan Mining 
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