In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance

• UN-SPIDER Conference on Risk Assessment in Beijing open for Applications
• UN-SPIDER conducts Capacity Building Programme in Sri Lanka
• Call for experts for Technical Advisory Mission in Mozambique
• Successful Technical Advisory Mission to Cape Verde
• UNOOSA signs new Funding Agreement with Austria for UN-SPIDER
• UN-SPIDER reports on Crowdsource Mapping in Imaging Notes magazine
• UNOOSA activates International Charter for Earthquake in Iran

News from our Regional Support Offices

• IGAC researches Application of Satellite Imagery for flooded Areas
• CATHALAC models Central American coastal Vulnerability to Storm Hazards
• CATHALAC develops Forest Cover Map of Belize
• CATHALAC launches regional geo-viewer: PortalGIS
• Pakistan’s Space Agency trains for Rescue Operations
• ADRC: Booklet on space-based Information for Tsunami Assessment
• 3rd Ukrainian Conference GEO-UA
• NASU-NSAU forecasts Winter Wheat Yield in Ukraine

News from our Community

• International Charter activated in Philippines, USA, Iran, Russia and four African countries
• GIO EMS: New European GMES mapping service publishes user guide
• New satellite sensor to observe wildfires
• Esri launches new GIS tool for search and rescue personnel

Upcoming events

• UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Missions to Solomon Islands and Mozambique
• “Risk Assessment in the Context of Global Climate Change” – United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management
• Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2013 announced
• 4th International Conference of Crisis Mappers(ICCM) - Fellowships available
• United Nations International Expert Meeting on Crowdsource Mapping