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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif">From: </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif">Subject: 21 projects will be awarded $1.5 million USD worth of cloud services</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif">Date: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif">11 June 2019 at 12:21:33 CEST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Yesterday, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) announced the 21 projects from 17 developing countries that will be <a href="http://earthobservations.org/article.php?id=362" target="_blank">awarded $1.5
million USD worth of cloud services</a>, grants and technical support through the Earth Observation Cloud Credits Programme.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Under the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI), this programme will enable Earth observations to support
sustainable development across a wide range of applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Please join us as we congratulate all of the winning projects that demonstrate the enormous potential of Earth
observations for impact.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Read the full News Article <a href="http://earthobservations.org/article.php?id=362" target="_blank">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.5pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">View the full list of awardees <a href="http://earthobservations.org/article.php?id=362#awarded_projects" target="_blank">here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:11.5pt"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Congratulations to the 21 projects from 17 developing countries awarded $1.5 million USD worth of cloud services
from Amazon Web Services. All winning projects will advance #Earthobservation for impact #EO4impact @AWS_Gov @GEOSEC2025 <a href="https://bit.ly/31qTPKo" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/31qTPKo</a></span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> <br clear="all">
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now a membership category available for private sector organisations to become Associate Members of GEO. More information can be found <a href="http://www.earthobservations.org/article.php?id=347" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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