SPIDER Latin America and Caribbean Thematic Partnership
La Red Temática SPIDER para Latino América y el Caribe (RT-SPIDER-LAC) se ha establecido en el contexto de la Plataforma Temática Global SPIDER para proveer asesoría técnica a las Plataformas Nacionales de Reducción de Desastres que está promoviendo la Estrategia Internacional de Reducción de Desastres como mecanismos para facilitar esfuerzos multi-sectoriales a nivel nacional. La PRT-SPIDER-LAC promoverá, mediante los esfuerzos de las agencias que la integran, acceso a y uso de información y servicios obtenidos mediante satélites en actividades asociadas a la gestión para la reducción del riesgo y respuesta en caso de desastres.
El 14 de Abril del 2010, la RT-SPIDER-LAC llevó a cabo una sesión temática en el contexto del Segundo Encuentro Hemisférico titulado: Mecanismos y Redes Nacionales para la Reducción del Riesgo: "Encuentro de Santa Marta: de la Teoría a la Práctica". Este encuentro se realizó entre el 14 y el 16 de abril en Santa Marta, Colombia. La sesión temática congregó a cerca de 30 representates de diversas instituciones y se benefició de presentaciones realizadas por la CCE ( Colombia), CONAE (Argentina) y Thermopylae S+T (Estados Unidos). La sesión concluyó con una discusión muy activa sobre el uso de información deducida a partir de aplicaciones satelitales para la reducción del riesgo.
Entre enero y abril del 2011 la RT-SPIDER-LAC convocó a varias instituciones para realizar la primera actividad que enfocó de manera explícita el apoyo a una plataforma nacional. La actividad congregó a Thermopylae S+T de los Estados Unidos y a UMG y CIMDEN de Guatemala para brindar apoyo a la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres de Guatemala -CONRED-. La actividad enfocó el uso del geo-visor 3D-UDOP para visualizar el riesgo sísmico que afronta el sector vivienda en Guatemala (amenaza y vulnerabilidad), así como para visualizar el impacto hipotético de un terremoto en base a intensidad sísmica.
El 16 de marzo del 2011 la RT-SPIDER-LAC realizó una sesión paralela en el seno de la Segunda Reunión de la Plataforma Regional de Gestión de Riesgos de las Américas. Esta reunión se realizó en Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, México, entre el 15 y el 17 de Marzo. La reunión congregó a cerca de 20 representantes de diversas instituciones e incluyó presentaciones por parte de CRECTEALC (América Latina y el Caribe), CENAPRED (México), CONAE (Argentina) y Thermopylae S+T. La presentación de Thermopylae S+T enfocó la actividad realizada para apoyar a la plataforma nacional de reducción de riesgos de Guatemala.
The SPIDER Thematic Partnership for Latin America and the Caribbean (SPIDER TP LAC) has been set up within the context of the SPIDER Global Thematic Partnership to provide technical advisory support to National Platforms for Disaster Reduction which are being promoted by the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction as a way to mainstream disaster risk reduction efforts at the national level. The SPIDER TP-LAC will promote, through the efforts of the institutional partners, access and use of space-based information and services for disaster-risk reduction and emergency response activities.
On 14 April 2010, the SPIDER TP-LAC conducted a side event during the Second Hemispheric Encounter National Mechanisms and Networks for Risk Reduction: "Encounter of Santa Marta: From Theory to Practice". This Encounter took place in Santa Marta, Colombia on 14 - 16 April 2010. The side event gathered nearly 30 representatives from a variety of agencies and included presentations by CCE ( Colombia), CONAE (Argentina), and Thermopylae S+T (United States). The session included a very lively discussion on the use of space-based information for disaster risk management.
Between January and April 2011, the SPIDER-TP-LAC convoked several institutions to participate in the first activity oriented explicitly to support a National Platform for Disaster Reduction. The activity brought together Thermopylae S+T from the United States and UMG and CIMDEN of Guatemala to support Guatemala's National Coordinating Agency for Disaster Reduction, CONRED. The activity focused on the use of the 3D-UDOP geo-viewer to visualize the seismic risk of the housing sector (hazard & vulnerability), and to visualize the hypothetical impacts of an earthquake in terms of seismic intensity.
On 16 March 2011, the SPIDE TP-LAC again conducted a side event during the Second Session of the Regional Platform for Risk Reduction. This session included presentations on behalf of CRECTEALC (Latin America & Caribbean), CENAPRED (Mexico), CONAE (Argentina), and Thermopylae S+T. The presentation by Thermopylae S+T focused on the activity conducted under the umbrella of the SPIDER TP-LAC to support the National Platform for Disaster Reduction of Guatemala.
3D-UDOP Geo-viewer to enhance situational awareness concerning seismic risk in Guatemala
In an effort to showcase the capacity of geo-viewers to enhance situational awareness concerning risks associated with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, Thermopylae Sciences and Technology of the
Communities of Practice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ad hoc Haiti Geospatial Cooperation Task Group | At the UNGIWG 10th Plenary Meeting which took place in Bonn, Germany from 19- 21 October 2009 it was agreed that UNGIWG activities would be carried out through Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and time... |
| Expert Group on Capacity Building | Capacity-building and the strengthening of institutional arrangements at all levels are the key to increasing the ability of organizations and individuals to effectively access and use space-based... |
| SPIDER Global Thematic Partnership | In recent years the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) of the United Nations and other organizations have reiterated the fact that the number of disasters and corresponding economic... |
| SPIDER Latin America and Caribbean Thematic Partnership | La Red Temática SPIDER para Latino América y el Caribe (RT-SPIDER-LAC) se ha establecido en el contexto de la Plataforma Temática Global SPIDER para proveer asesoría... |
Comments
Systems Integration
Dear, Esteemed United Nations Foreign Official
I am wondering if the cohesive application of both The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SMRT), and The New York University's Nature Inspired Smart Systems (NISS) can be urtilized to assist with the rapid response systematics of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in conjunction with Geosgraphical Information Systems (GIS) or Global Positional Systems (GPS) mapping to assist the United Nations Platforn for Space-based Information Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) in assisting the scope of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( MODIS) Rapid Respsonse Systems around the world. This would alleviate some of the Crisis Managemen2t Planning perspectives entailing the role of alerting any an all tenants within the United Nations Platforn for Space-based Information Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER).
Very Respectfully
Mr. Garrett Hord; Associate Member
ACP International
Systems Integration for Gulf Coast Oil Spill Recovery Planning
Dear, Esteemed United Nations Foreign Official Mr. Juan-Carlos Villagran
In regards towards the monitoring of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill I believe that the future implemention of both the Quantitative Precipitation Forecats (QPF), and The New York Univeristy's Nature Inspired Smart Systems (NISS) can enhance the scope of predicting the flow of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill. This shall allow sufficient timing of disaster recovery efforts and salvage and reclamation efforts associated with wild life restoration and sea state? I am thinking that both the scope of computational simulation in the form of Nature Inspired Smart Systems (NISS), and The World Meteorlogical Organization's (WMO) Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) methodologies indicative of forecatsing flash floods may alleviate any trouble with the remote possibilities of flooding and the oil together within wetland or marsh areas for the upcoming hurricane season.
Very Respectfully
Mr. Garrett Hord