In this issue:
UN-SPIDER News
- SpaceAid supports response to Chile earthquake
- UNOOSA partners with UNECA, UNEP, and RIT to examine the effects of the Global Economic Crisis on poverty through natural disasters impacts
- Two new UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices in Pakistan and Ukraine
- Follow-up activity in Namibia to further develop the Namibian SensorWeb Pilot Project on flood management and vector- and water-borne disease modeling
- UN-SPIDER online: new developments on the Knowledge Portal, UN-SPIDER now on Facebook and Twitter
- UN-SPIDER appears on German TV network programme covering Haiti earthquake
- Follow-up after the early response phase: UN-SPIDER continues support to Haiti
Community News
- UN assisting Chile in aftermath of massive quake; including provision of satellite phones
- Space Agencies of Ukraine and Germany discuss cooperation on data exchange in remote earth-sensing
- United Nations University and ESRI to collaborate on GIS research and training
- RADARSAT-2 improvements to enhance Earth Observation applications and utilizations
- Mexican relief organizations expand use of Iridium in Haiti recovery efforts
- Communications between ‘first responders’ in Haiti to be strengthened – ITU
Conferences and Workshops
- Conference on current legal issues for satellite earth observation, 8-9 April 2010, Vienna, Austria
- International Training Course on Application of Space Technology for Disaster Management Support with Emphasis on Geological Risk Management, 12 April – 07 May 2010, Dehradun, India
Upcoming UN-SPIDER Events
- UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop "Building upon Regional Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response for Africa", 25-28 May 2010, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Upcoming Events Supported by UN-SPIDER
- Fourth Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA 2010: Water: Life, Risk, Energy and Landuse, 27-28 May 2010, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
- Second Ukrainian conference Earth Observations for Sustainable Development and Security (GEO/GMES –Ukraine), 14-17 June 2010, Kyiv, Ukraine
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