In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER present at the UNISDR S&T Conference in Geneva
- Recommended Practice developed by IGAC uploaded in the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal
- UN-SPIDER and several partners continue efforts to strengthen drought early warning systems in Central America
News from our Regional Support Offices
- ASAL: Monitoring desert locust manifestations in Western Sahara and the North-West of Mauritania
- IGAC: Remote sensing course on object-oriented image analysis
News from our Community
- Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Uruguay implements a pilot insurance programme based on the NDVI
- ICHARM develops an Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS) to forecast floods
- International Charter activated for floods in the United States
Upcoming events
- 4-9 July 2016, Budapest Hungary: Workshop on Geospatial Technologies and Remote Sensing for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- 11-15 July 2016, Budapest Hungary: Workshop on Innovations in Disaster Risk Reduction
- 5 to 7 April 2016, Cologne, Germany: DLR Conference on Climate Change 2016
- 24-26 August 2016, Bonn, Germany: FOSS4G Conference – Call for papers
