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The FEWS program was motivated by the 1984 drought and famine in the Sahel of Africa and was made possible by the early development of the now widely-used remote sensing methods that can monitor vegetation globally. The system is also used by the World Food Programme and numerous international non-governmental organizations such as Save the Children, and Oxfam. UMD Geography faculty, Drs. Tucker (Adjunct Professor), Justice, and Prince (Molly’s Advisor), played a pivotal role in the early stages of FEWS and Compton Tucker continues to provide FEWS with the critical remotely sensed information. The book presents a great example of a Human Dimensions of Global Change study – a key research focus of the Department. Molly’s achievements in this field no doubt contributed to her recent appointment as a civil servant at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Dr. Molly Brown, a 2002 UMD Geography PhD, has recently published a book, “Famine Early Warning Systems and Remote Sensing Data.” (Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-75367-4). Her book describes the interdisciplinary work of US Agency for International Development's Famine Early Warning System (FEWS NET) and several other illustrative case studies, and shows the way in which they have led to new biophysical remote sensing applications and socio-economic methodologies. 
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