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In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- Sudan: UN-SPIDER Training Course on space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Management
- Bangladesh: Capacity Building on Space Technologies for Floods
- Dominican Republic: Training on Space-Based Information for Floods
- UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER makes Statement during Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Iraq: UN-SPIDER Network acquires Satellite Imagery for Floods
News from our Regional Support Offices
- Ukraine: Earth Observation Data for Agriculture Monitoring and Forecasting
- Pakistan: SUPARCO generates Earthquake Impact Area Maps
- Nepal: Remote Sensing Forest Fire Detection
- Algeria: Official inauguration of UN-SPIDER Algeria Regional Support Office
News from our Community
- Nigeria: Mapping Vulnerabilities to Floods
- Philippines: Adoption of Indonesia's Open Source Disaster Mitigation Tool
- Japan to host World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2014
- Oklahoma Tornado: Satellites see Storm from Space
- WMO: 2012 Survey on the Use of Satellite data published
- International Charter activated for Cyclone Mahasen in Bangladesh and Myanmar
- ESA Study: The economic benefits of free satellite data
- UAE announce DubaiSat-3 satellite mission
Upcoming events
- 26-27 June 2013: United Nations/Germany Bonn Expert Meeting on Early Warning
- 2-4 September 2013: United Nations/Indonesia International Conference on Integrated Space Technology Applications to Climate Change
- 23-25 October 2013: United Nations International Conference on Disaster risk identification, assessment and monitoring
