Cisco, NASA ally on environmental monitoring

04.03.2009

Cisco says it is also working on the Planetary Skin program with the United Nations, banks, businesses, international government agencies, universities, think tanks, non-governmental agencies and foundations. The goal is to develop decision support capabilities to manage natural resources such as biomass, water, land and energy; climate change-related risks such as a rise in sea level, droughts and disease proliferation; and new environmental markets for carbon, water and biodiversity.