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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
Damage from Hurricane Maria, which struck the island country of Dominica in 2017. Image: Tanya Holden/UK Department for International Development (DFID).
12 Jul 2019
IMF releases report on building disaster resilience in small and low-income countries
A satellite view of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy prior to its collapse in August 2018. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Google.
8 Jul 2019
Study discusses use of space technology for detecting infrastructure instability
Hurricane Florence (2018). Image: NASA Earth Observatory.
4 Jul 2019
Tropical Cyclones stalling along the North Atlantic coast lead to more rain in the confined location
Modeled catchment mean annual loss. For clarity, only catchments with a mean annual loss of >$1.5 million have been plotted. Image: Quinn, N., Bates, P. D., Neal, J., Smith, A., Wing, O., Sampson, C., et al. ( 2019).
4 Jul 2019
Recent study presents new assessment method for rare floods risks
Damage from a 7.4 earthquake and a tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on 28 September 2018. Image: European Union/Pierre Prakash/Flickr.
1 Jul 2019
Flooding affected more people in 2018 than any other disaster type report shows
FV3: Finite-Volume Cubed-Sphere Dynamical Core
27 Jun 2019
NOAA's upgrade of its Global Forecast System expected to enhance weather forecasts in the USA
Cover of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) 2018 Annual Report. Image: UNOOSA.
21 Jun 2019
UNOOSA launches 2018 Annual Report
An artistic representation of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission. Image: Canadian Space Agency.
21 Jun 2019
Canadian RADARSAT Constellation Mission to support disaster relief efforts

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Online courses: Earth Observation for Sustainable Development--Harnessing the Power of Chinese Satellites
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