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Paraguay and Uruguay (Mercosul countries). As a consequence of this workshop several projects 
about remote sensing teaching and development of educational material were created in South 
America.Most of these projects are dedicated to fundamental and high school teaching, like the 
projects in Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina. This is an observed thoroughly not only in South America 
but all over the world. It was quite discussed during Latin América’s Preparatory Meeting for 
UNISPACE III, in Concepción city, Chile, in October 1998. 
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