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| | EPA, NOAA Officials Detail Global Earth Observing System Benefits - US Department of State |
 | | Participating countries are members of the Group on Earth Observations, an intergovernmental ad hoc group that was launched at the first global Earth Observation Summit in 2003 in Washington, D.C. The group is co-chaired by the United States, the European Commission, Japan and South Africa. |
 | | In the United States and globally, according to an EPA fact sheet, the GEOSS system will focus on nine areas of benefit, including improving weather forecasting, protecting and monitoring the ocean, supporting sustainable agriculture, protecting and monitoring water resources, monitoring and managing energy resources and developing the capacity to make ecological forecasts. |
 | | In April 2004, at the second Earth Observation Summit in Tokyo, the group adopted the framework of a 10-year implementation plan. |
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