After Workshop Brings Leaders Together, VALUABLES Consortium Reflects on What’s Next for 2020

Saturday, February 1, 2020 - 10:20 in Earth & Climate

At the yearly VALUABLES consortium meeting, NASA Earth Applied Sciences Director Lawrence Friedl spoke on the value of bringing research and social scientists together. Credit: Ronald Flores/RFDC photo Harmful algal blooms and blue whale conservation will be the focus of 2020 studies from the VALUABLES Consortium, a cooperative agreement between NASA Earth Applied Sciences and the nonprofit research institution Resources for the Future (RFF).  VALUABLES conducts case studies that put a dollar amount on the value of Earth observations across a range of different application areas, bringing together social and Earth scientists interested in measuring the benefits of this information and deepening cross-disciplinary relationships. Highlights from these activities were on display at the group’s annual workshop – a day-long event on October 30, 2019 where NASA experts, Earth scientists, economists and other thought leaders discussed efforts to measure and communicate how satellite information benefits society when people use it to inform decisions. After an...

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