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Summit agrees to establish Earth monitoring system by 2014
Tokyo, Japan - Delegates at the Earth Observation Summit here Sunday agreed to create a global environmental monitoring system by 2014 that would help predict natural disasters, save lives and prevent billions of dollars in damage.
Ministers and ambassadors from 44 nations and 26 international groups including the European Commission agreed to a 10-year plan to kick start the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), a communique said.