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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 The Legal Framework Protecting Cultural Heritage Sites on the Moon and In Situ Preservation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Space Archaeology -- 1.3 Legal Framework -- 1.3.1 The World Heritage Convention -- 1.3.2 The Underwater Heritage Convention -- 1.3.3 International Law Governing Outer Space -- 1.4 NASA Recommendations to Space-Faring Entities -- 1.5 In Situ Preservation -- 1.6 Conclusions -- 2 Could the Moon's Cultural Heritage Be Inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List? -- 2.1 Does the Tranquility Base Correspond to UNESCO's Conception of Cultural Heritage? -- 2.1.1 Determination of the Nature of Moon's Heritage -- 2.1.2 Reflection About Tranquility Base Outstanding Universal Value -- 2.2 Can Tranquility Base Candidacy Be Duly Submitted by One State Party? -- 2.2.1 The Impasse of National Ownership -- 2.2.2 The Hope Around the Notions of Jurisdiction and Control -- 2.3 What Other Options Could Be Devised to Protect the Tranquility Base? -- 2.3.1 The Example of Underwater Heritage: Learning from Other Global Commons Regime -- 2.3.2 From Content to Format: A Question of Adhesion -- 3 Does the Outer Space Treaty Permit the Protection and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Sites on the Moon? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Right to Protect and Preserve Cultural Heritage Sites on the Moon in the Outer Space Treaty -- 3.2.1 Freedom of Exploration and Use -- 3.2.2 Use for the Benefit and Interest of All Countries -- 3.2.3 Freedom of Access and Prohibition of Appropriation -- 3.3 Final Remark -- 4 One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act as One Small Step Towards U.S. Space Dominance? The Case for a Multilateral Treaty Protection Regime -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act -- 4.2.1 Content of the Bill -- 4.2.2 Rationale Behind the One Small Step Act.

Estimation Of the Impact Of Alien Trees In The Cape Town Water Crisis Using Satellite Data -- Olive Tree Classification and Inventory with Medium Resolution Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery -- Capitalizing on Geospatial Technologies to Solve Urban Waste in Akure Nigeria -- Economic growth through investment into space science and technology: The African Colocation Programme -- Internet by Satellite for Connecting the African Continent: the case of partnership between Rwanda and the private company OneWeb -- How to set up a Space Nation on the Example of Ghana -- Education System And Space Activities For Malawi -- Building indigenous Space Capabilities as a Launchpad for Technological Advancement in Africa -- Digital Africa: An analysis of digital trends in Africa and their driving factors -- Health from Above: Space-Based Healthcare Services in Africa -- Addressing the Un-Addressed: Opportunities in Rural Africa -- MENASat – Proposal for a Space-based Refugee Assistance Programme -- Satellites and their Potential Role in Supporting the African Union's Continental Early Warning System -- Study of fractures network in the basement of Socotra Island – Yemen - by using remote sensing and GIS techniques -- Signal Coverage of Low-land Areas Using Geographic Information Systems, Case Study: Kassingar Area, Sudan -- A system of enquiry for the establishment of a developmental agenda for space in Africa that could ensure positive economic contributions for African societies -- African traditional concepts for property rights in outer space -- African woman competition -- Dry, the Beloved Country: Space and Water: The Cape Town Water Crisis.

The book analyzes the various legal and political conceptsto resolve the problem of the existing space debris in outer spaceand which measures have been takento avoid space debris or to reduce potential space debris in the course of future space missions. From a scientific and technical point of view various studies are ongoing to analyze the feasibility of active debris removal. Nevertheless it has to be highlighted that outer space is an international area where various actors with different legal and political concepts are operating, a situation that leads to different approaches concerning such activities.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 Proactive Use of Artificial Intelligence for the Development: Space Satellites as a Key Infrastructure -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 WHAT Is AI? -- 3 WHY Adapting AI Could Be a Post-SDGs Goal? -- 4 HOW Can AI Contribute to Tackle Global Issues? -- 5 AI for Farming -- 6 AI for a Sustainable Access to Clean Water (from a Management Perspective) -- 7 Some Concerns to Install AI System in the Developing Country -- 8 Overcome Concerns by Using Space Applications -- 9 Conclusion -- 10 Appendix 1 -- 2 Global Remittances and Space-Based Cryptocurrencies: A Transformational Opportunity for the Post-2030 Agenda -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Official Development Assistance -- 1.2 Foreign Direct Investment -- 1.3 Remittances -- 2 Remittances and Development -- 2.1 Challenges with Remittance Flows -- 2.2 Remittances and the Sustainable Development Goals -- 2.3 The Role of Remittances in the Post-2030 Agenda -- 3 Space Applications and Development -- 3.1 The Evolution of Space Applications for Development -- 3.2 Cryptocurrencies Relationship with Space Applications -- 3.3 Significance of Space-Based Cryptocurrencies for Development -- 3.4 Trends Supporting the Growth of Space-Based Cryptocurrencies -- 3.5 Space-Based Cryptocurrencies and the Post-2030 Agenda -- 4 Conclusion -- 3 Towards Total Water Awareness: A Technology Framework -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Beyond 2030 -- 3 Water Scarcity -- 4 Expanded Views on Water Consumption -- 4.1 Virtual Water -- 4.2 Water Footprint -- 4.3 Water Accounting -- 5 Water-Awareness of Consequence -- 6 Technology as Opportunity -- 6.1 Total Water Awareness in a Nutshell -- 6.1.1 Data and Analytics -- 6.1.2 Space Technology -- 6.1.3 Terrestrial Sensors -- 6.1.4 Communication-Satellite Broadband -- 6.1.5 Effectors -- 7 Putting It All Together.

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Klimaskeptiker schliessen einen anthropogen verursachten Klimawandel aus und zweifeln an der Glaubwuerdigkeit wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisse sowie an dem Zwischenstaatlichen Ausschuss fuer Klimaaenderungen (IPCC). Eine oeffentliche Klimaskepsis in Deutschland ist - im Gegensatz zu den USA - weitgehend unbekannt. Spezifische wissenschaftliche und politische Rahmenbedingungen koennten jedoch auch in Deutschland zur Verbreitung von Klimaskepsis in der Gesellschaft beitragen. Die Autorin analysiert diese Rahmenbedingungen und entwickelt Handlungsempfehlungen an Politik und Wissenschaft, um wissensc

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