April 2010

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER News

• CATHALAC becomes new UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office
• UN-SPIDER at the Second Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Nairobi
• UN-SPIDER conducts Special Session during the 2nd Hemispheric Encounter on National Mechanisms and Networks for Risk Reduction in Santa Marta, Colombia: “Space-based Applications for Managing Risk Reduction and Emergency Response in Latin America and the Caribbean”
• SpaceAid supports response to China Earthquake; bridging space data providers with disaster management authorities
• UN-SPIDER participates in the ISDR Asia Partnership (IAP) meeting in Bangkok
• UN-SPIDER visits the National Focal Points of Thailand in GISTDA

Community News

• Monitoring the Gulf Coast oil spill
• Using satellite imagery to assess the ash cloud after volcanic eruption
• Ukraine to launch Sich-2 earth observation satellite
• RapidEye collects one billion km² of satellite imagery in just over a year
• NASA enters into partnership with JAXA
• ESA has purchased a second Sentinel-2

Conferences and Workshops

• 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
• 3rd International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC, 30 May - 03 June 2010, Davos, Switzerland
• RapidEye Fusion Workshop, 19 May 2010, Berlin, Germany
• UN/Turkey/ESA Workshop on Space Technology Applications for Socio-Economic Benefits, 14-17 September 2010, Istanbul, Turkey
   

Upcoming UN-SPIDER Outreach Activities

• UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop Building upon Regional Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response for Africa, --NEW DATE: 6-9 July 2010--, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• CEOS/WGISS-29 Meeting, 17-21 May 2010, Bonn, Germany
   

Upcoming Events Supported by UN-SPIDER

• Fourth Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA 2010 Water: Life, Risk, Energy and Landuse, 27-28 May 2010, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
• Second Ukrainian conference Earth Observations for Sustainable Development and Security (GEO/GMES – Ukraine), 14-17 June 2010, Kyiv, Ukraine