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In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER team: Presenting Coen Bussink
- Call for experts: UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission to Ghana
- Expert Meeting on Early Warning Systems: Final report now available
News from our Regional Support Offices
News from our Community
- Turkey: RASAT satellite imagery will be made public
- How low-cost satellites could benefit emergency response
- Arirang-5: South Korean multi-purpose satellite successfully launched
- NOAA: GOES-12 satellite retired after 10 successful years
- Natural Resources Canada launches new website for NEODF-Cat
- India: Spatial platform for forests in Himachal Pradesh
- Bolivian communications satellite to be launched in December
- NASA and ISS see California fire from space
- International Charter activated for floods six times in August
Upcoming events
- 7-19 September 2013, Teheran, Iran: Workshop on Space Applications for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
- 23-25 October 2013, Beijing, China: United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management
- 30 September – 4 October 2013, Bogota, Colombia: Geomatic Week 2013
- 11-22 November 2013, Sanya, China: Training Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation
- 9-11 December 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam: 9th International Conference on Geoinformation for Disaster Management (Gi4DM)
