In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission to Lao PDR
- UN-SPIDER conducts an Expert Mission to El Salvador
- UN-SPIDER conducts Technical Advisory Mission to Honduras
News from our Regional Support Offices
- CONAE and UN-SPIDER join forces to promote the Charter in Latin America
- LAPAN to contribute to the mitigation efforts of the eruption of Mt. Raung and Mt. Sinabung, Indonesia
- RCMRD: Stakeholder Workshop on the Use of MODIS Data for Early Warning
- ASAL's satellite ALSAT-2A turned 5 years in orbit
- ICIMOD to collaborate in a new platform for disaster relief coordination
- LAPAN to monitor drought in Southeast Asian region
News from our Community
- China and the European Union to collaborate on remote sensing activities
- INCOIS to come out with 3D GIS maps to mitigate tsunami effects
- ISRO has successfully launched three new Earth observation satellites
- Increasing parameter accuracy for monsoon forecasting
- China-Brazil Earth observation satellite is now operating
- Japan funds radar replacement in Pakistan
- ESA’s MSG-4 satellite successfully launched and in orbit
- Africa, first movement to implement Sendai Framework
- NASA funds new satellite-based tool to detect wildfires
- Hootenanny, new software to enhance crowdsourced mapping
- UK and South Africa sign space based scientific agreement
- EEA and ESA strengths cooperation on Earth Observation and environmental monitoring
- INSAT-3D, second birthday in orbit
- International Charter activated twice in July 2015
Upcoming events
- Apply now! 14-16 September 2015, Beijing, China: United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management - “A consolidating role in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: 2015-2030”
- 17-22 September 2015, Beijing, China: International Training programme "Earth observation technologies for earthquake damage and loss assessment"
- 12-16 October 2015, Pyeongchang, Korea: 6th International Wildland Fire Conference (IWFC-2015)
- 23 November - 04 December 2015, Sanya, China: 3rd International Training Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation
