UN-SPIDER Updates August 2017

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In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance

• UN-SPIDER carries out Technical Advisory Mission to Nepal
• UN-SPIDER joins forces with SENACYT, SE-CONRED and IAA-USAC to conduct a training course in Guatemala
• UN-SPIDER supports emergency responses for Nepal and Sierra Leone floods and landslides
• UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER supports emergency reponse for Hurricane Irma in Haiti
• UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER request activation of Copernicus EMS - Mapping for Niger floods

News from our Regional Support Offices

• IWMI supports emergency disaster response in Northeast India and Nepal with maps [External]

News from our community

• Research analyses potential of satellite data in detecting ground movement before landslides
• Satellite products support Afghanistan early warning system
• International Charter Activations [external link]
• New UN-GGIM strategic framework provides guidance for use of geospatial information and services in disaster risk management
• 6th International Training Course on Small Satellite Missions at Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP)

Upcoming events

• United Nations/Germany International Conference on International Cooperation Towards Low-Emission and Resilient Societies, Bonn, 22-24 November 2017. Registration deadlines: 5 September for participants seeking funding and 29 October for self-funded participants.