"The B&R initiative aims to stimulate mutually beneficial human connectivity and trade activity between countries in Asia, Africa and Europe accompanied by development and improvements to physical, logistical and digital infrastructure. Such a large scale activity will not only have local but also trans-national societal, cultural, environmental and ecological benefits. Most of the counties in the B&R region are committed to sustainable development; however, there is a need to ensure that the B&R countries can work together to mitigate threats to fragile and shared ecosystems, and face other challenges that arise from large scale development. Such a multinational effort requires integration of precise and reliable in-situ and space-borne data with the ability to share quality data at desired spectral, spatial and temporal scales. Unfortunately, at present there is a discrepancy in the quality, volume and variety of data being generated by different countries in the region. This discrepancy is particularly strong regarding Earth Observation (EO) infrastructure and EO data analysis capabilities. DBAR is therefore committed to develop itself as a platform with the aim to facilitate sharing of advanced EO technologies across B&R countries, and provide assistance for effective application of EO technology for sustainable economic and societal development under the B&R initiative."
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