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SINGAPORE : Environmental monitoring and management is set to get a boost from a collaboration between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Land Authority (SLA).
Both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to inaugurate a Global Positioning System (GPS) reference station, dubbed "SiReNT" (Singapore Satellite Positioning Reference Network).
The station will be used for engineering, recreational and scientific activities, including the study of coastline erosion, bio-diversity and tides.
It is the sixth under SLA's management and is sited at Pulau Semakau, a man-made landfill island.
Through this first partnership with SLA, NUS will provide expertise on GPS applications for scientific studies.
The joint venture aims to break new ground in the way data is collected and analysed so as to better carry out environmental monitoring and management.
- CNA/al
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