Prof Volker Liebig, ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes, hands over the GMES Masters prize to Edwin Wisse from Dutch geo-information company Geodan, at the award event in the Allerheiligen Hofkirche of the Munich Residenz, Germany, 19 October 2011. Geodan won the first GMES Masters prize with their ‘DeforestACTION Earth Watchers’ system, a new approach to rainforest conservation combines GMES data, crowd-sourcing, social media and ground teams to help halt illegal deforestation.