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UN-SPIDER Updates March 2014

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance

  • UN-SPIDER and APSCO: Further cooperation in 2014
  • Call for Experts: UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission to Zambia
  • Call for Experts: UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission to Bhutan
  • El Salvador: UN-SPIDER and partners conduct Expert Meeting on Early Warning Systems
  • UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission to Kenya successfully concluded

News from our Regional Support Offices

  • ASAL: Remote Sensing for locust infestations in Algeria and Mauritania
  • IGAC: Development of a Spectral Library
  • CONAE: Strengthening technical capacities of EIGEO in the Dominican Republic
  • RCMRD: East African Global Land Cover Workshop
  • CATHALAC: Training course on Mapping and Application of GPS

News from our Community

  • Open data: UK Environment Agency releases flood data to public
  • Qatar plans digital archive for Satellite and GIS data
  • International Charter activated for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH730
  • Philippines: Sensors for Volcano and Earthquake Early Warning
  • GPS: New technique to improve weather models
  • FAO launches Global Land Cover SHARE Database
  • Heavy rain and floods in Brazil: International Charter activated
  • GPM Core Observatory: First images from NASA-JAXA Global Rain and Snowfall satellite
  • Copernicus: EU Parliament paves way for operational phase of Earth Observation Programme
  • International Charter: New Newsletter published
  • Sudan: Connecting farmers with real-time flood management information

Upcoming events

  • 15-16 April 2014, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: ASEAN Workshop on the Development of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for utilisation of Space-based information during emergency response
  • 26-30 May 2014, Kiev, Ukraine, Fourth International Conference on Earth Observations for sustainable Development and Security
  • APPLY NOW: 5-6 June 2014, Bonn, Germany: United Nations/Germany Expert Meeting on the Use of Space-based Information for flood and drought risk reduction
  • 3-13 June 2014, Beijing, China: 2nd International training workshop on space technology for disaster mitigation
  • 24-28 August 2014, Davos, Switzerland: 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC
 
Tuesday, 1 April 2014 - 12:00
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