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Participants at the UN-SPIDER Beijing conference. , Head of the UN-SPIDER Beijing office, Shirish Ravan, addresses the audience. , Participants at the UN-SPIDER Beijing conference. , Participants at the UN-SPIDER Beijing conference. ,
13 Sep 2019
UN-SPIDER Beijing conference explores role of space technologies in disaster risk reduction strategies, marks ten-year anniversary
Participant during the training.
12 Sep 2019
UN-SPIDER co-organizes International Charter training in Beijing
International training at the Regional Centre for Space Science Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (RCSSTEAP) based at Beihang University, Beijing.
12 Sep 2019
Beijing international training programme focuses on use of space-based technologies for disaster risk assessments
UN-SPIDER mission team at the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI). , UN-SPIDER mission team presents on GIS and remote sensing for disaster managment to the National Disaster Risk Reduction Commission.
28 Aug 2019
UN-SPIDER strengthens use of space data for drought early warning in Ethiopia
20 Aug 2019
Dengue fever forecasting system makes use of Earth observation data
A photo of Mt. Etna erupting on 30 October 2002, taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Image: NASA Earth Observatory/Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center.
6 Aug 2019
German research team uses satellites and AI technology to monitor volcanoes
This map shows the ground motion during the six months following the earthquake that struck the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi on 28 September 2018, and was obtained by processing Copernicus Sentinel-1 images acquired between October 2018 and April 2019. Image: ESA/contains Copernicus Sentinel data (2018–19), processed by Planetek Rheticus Service.
6 Aug 2019
European Space Agency and Asian Development Bank help Indonesia with rebuilding efforts after 2018 earthquake
A Sentinel-2 false colour image showing active fires in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Image: DLR/ZKI.
25 Jul 2019
DLR supports efforts to fight forest fires in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Mission team with the director and staff of the Department of Civil Protection and other organizations. Image: DPC. , Mission team with H.E. Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cameroon, H.E. Mr. Paul Atanga Nji, Minister of Territorial Administration of Cameroon, Mrs. Mariatou Yap, Director of the Department of Civil Protection of Cameroon and Mr. Balungeli Confiance Ebune, Director of Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office. , Meeting at the Department of Civil Protection. , Workshop on "Emergency Response Centres". , Mission team and participants during the simulation exercise. Image: DPC.
22 Jul 2019
Space-based data in emergency response at centre of UN-SPIDER Institutional Strengthening Mission to Cameroon
The above map shows the distribution of women of reproductive age (ages 18-49) spread across Tanzania, drawn from a combination of census data and satellite imagery. Image: Facebook.
16 Jul 2019
Facebook expands its population density maps to the Asia-Pacific region

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