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Floods, one of the major consequences of climate change
Floods, one of the major consequences of climate change
Climate change affects all regions of the world. Polar ice caps are melting and ocean levels are rising. In some regions, extreme weather events and precipitation are becoming more frequent, while others are facing increasingly extreme heat waves and droughts. Floods are the most expensive natural disasters in the world. The cost of flood damage […]
Floods, one of the major consequences of climate change

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18 November 2019
The Copernicus program to monitor mysterious oil pollution in Brazil
The Copernicus program to monitor mysterious oil pollution in Brazil
Satellite images are a powerful tool for Earth observation and monitoring sensitive areas. As part of the Copernicus program and mandated by the European Commission, ESA (European Space Agency) has implemented the Sentinel satellites, the guards of the planet. Thanks to this program, we could detect hydrocarbon pollution at large of the Brazilian coasts and […]
The Copernicus program to monitor mysterious oil pollution in Brazil

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29 October 2019
Fight overtourism with satellite data
Fight overtourism with satellite data
While the Global Climate Strike has begun these days around the world, we are looking at MURMURATION SAS for the growing impact of two crucial and social issues in terms of overtourism – which can be found through the case study from BALI. Overtourism has become a crucial issue for the tourism sector. Moreover,, the […]
Fight overtourism with satellite data

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27 September 2019
Global Climate Strike 2019
Global Climate Strike 2019
We will join the global strike movement #ClimateStrike on September 20th. And you ? https://globalclimatestrike.net/ Tomorrow, millions of people around the world will leave their jobs or homes to join the global climate strike on the streets and demand the end of the fossil fuel era.
Global Climate Strike 2019

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19 September 2019
What future for the tourism industry ?
What future for the tourism industry ?
The tourism sector is undergoing a major digital transformation. The web and social media have fundamentally changed the way companies do business and the way people connect with each other. It is not only a technological evolution but a social transition that operates through the web technologies. Traveling is one of the activities that we […]
What future for the tourism industry ?

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10 September 2019
The 5 main reasons to fight overtourism
The 5 main reasons to fight overtourism
#1 Preserving the economic benefits of an attractive sector Tourism accounts for more than 10% of global GDP and 7% of all international trade activity. With $6.1 billion in revenue, tourism is the world’s third largest exporter, ranks after chemicals and fuels and ahead of automotive products. Moreover, tourism is a local development aid when […]
The 5 main reasons to fight overtourism

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8 August 2019
Innovation solutions for future tourism development
Innovation solutions for future tourism development
The term “Murmuration” describes the phenomenon by which starlings gather spontaneously in the air to face a predator. Faced with the exponential growth of mass tourism and its negative effects on the environment, MURMURATION SAS’s approach is similar: to create an ecosystem of engaged  actors from the tourist sector to quantify the environmental pressure on […]
Innovation solutions for future tourism development

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24 July 2019
The satellite, a valuable tool for reducing the impact of tourism
The satellite, a valuable tool for reducing the impact of tourism
It's a fact: there are more and more tourists, and the phenomenon spares no region of the globe. Mass tourism, linked to the emergence of "newly wealthy" individuals and a growing population, is not without its problems. The first among them: the impact on the environment.  
The satellite, a valuable tool for reducing the impact of tourism

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23 July 2019
Costa Rica, the leading country for sustainable tourism seen from space
Costa Rica, the leading country for sustainable tourism seen from space
Satellites offer us an incomparable view of our planet thanks to spatial data
Costa Rica, the leading country for sustainable tourism seen from space

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4 July 2019
UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Policy Talks
UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Policy Talks
The #SDGsTourismTalks build on the strategic recommendations of the Baseline Report on the Integration of Sustainable Consumption and Production in Tourism Policies and provide Member States with an opportunity to disseminate their efforts and commitment to develop sound tourism policies and ensure their effective implementation. In the Sustainable Tourism Policy Talks Ministers of Tourism shared […]
UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Policy Talks

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4 July 2019