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Climate change impact: Be alert, not alarmed

Modi highlights initiative of state in dealing with the global problem at a scientists’ meet.

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While the extent of the impact of climate change on the world may well be a subject of intense controversy and debate, there does not seem to be much urgency to deal with it.

Scientists from all over the country discussed and debated the findings of their respective studies at the three-day national conference on Geomatics-2010 on Climate Change: Coastal Ecosystems at the Space Applications Center, ISRO, Ahmedabad on Thursday.

The inaugural session, also attended by secretary, union ministry of earth sciences, Shailesh Nayak and most SAC scientists, was inaugurated by chief minister Narendra Modi. An atlas of coral reef was also released.

The main subject of discussion and presentation was the impact of climate change on coastal areas. Scientists presented their findings from the niche area that they have conducted researches in.

"In addition to those who attended the seminar on the SAC campus, several other delegates are taking part in the ceremony through satellite and ground communication networks across the ISRO centres," director of SAC and president of Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG), which is hosting the seminar in association with CEPT, Dr RR Navalgund said.

Dr Nayak highlighted the role played by geomatics technology in mapping the changes in coastal areas, increasing government and private investments made in the coastal region development projects, the need for long-term data analyses and vulnerability studies to be undertaken for the coastal zone management.

During the event ISG awards for 2009 were presented by the CM to Tej Pal Singh, director, BISAG, Gandhinagar for spearheading Geomatics Applications in Gujarat; Dr. Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, deputy director, signal and image processing area, SAC for his contributions in Satellite Photogrammetry and different remote sensing satellite projects in India; Chirag Soni, chief  technical officer, M/s Scanpoint Graphics limited, Ahmedabad for his contributions in IGIS software development; and Dr Subhan Khan Pathan, scientist, SAC for his contributions in Innovative Geomatics Applications Development. Professor S Ramshoo received the best ISG Chapter award on behalf of the Kashmir Chapter for the year 2009.

Modi highlighted the work done by Gujarat government in the area of climate change, reiterating that the state is one of the first to start a special department dedicated to the subject.

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