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A delegation from the American government agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) visited the Houari-Boumediene University of Science and Technology (USTHB) on Tuesday, in anticipation of collaboration between scientists and researchers from both countries in different fields.
This meeting is part of the NASA-Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) program which focuses, among other things, on urbanization, deforestation, agricultural expansion, desertification, detection and monitoring active fires and the impact of these changes on air and water pollution, atmospheric carbon loss, food security issues, water scarcity, loss of productive land, dust storms, health and migration.
In this regard, the scientific head of the NASA delegation, Dr. Sid Ahmed Boukabara, senior scientist of the strategy program of the Earth Sciences Division, stressed that the objective of this visit is “first of all to ‘exploration, then plan a collaboration between scientists and researchers from the two countries in the areas of climate change and their impact, among others, on energy, water and agriculture.
For his part, the rector of the USTHB, Professor Djamel-Eddine Akretche, expressed the hope that these exchanges will have “positive repercussions” on the development of space technologies with regard in particular to climate change, water and agriculture.
“These meetings will allow our researchers and doctoral students to benefit from expertise and develop their knowledge for the good of the country,” he said.
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