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In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance

• Building partnerships with UN-SPIDER
• Guatemala follows up on UN-SPIDER recommendation to set up inter-institutional Remote Sensing Group
• Knowledge Portal: Visit our new Advisory Missions section
• UN-SPIDER sets dates for two Technical Advisory Missions
• UN-SPIDER participates in Central American Communicators’ Forum

News from our Regional Support Offices

• IGAC researches desertification using MODIS data
• CATHALAC: Regional Landslide Risk Prediction Tool developed for Mesoamerica
• CATHALAC and Panama sign Host Country Agreement

News from our Community

• ESA Call for Study Proposals: Improving Disaster Response Capacity
• Australia makes Landsat Imagery freely available
• 50 Years of Satellite Communications
• “Digital Humanitarian Network” established
• International Charter activated for Floods in India
• International Charter activated for Floods in Russia
• Eumetsat joins the International Charter

Upcoming events

• UN-SPIDER co-organizes Capacity Building event
• First Announcement: Conference on “Risk Assessment in the Context of Global Climate Change”