September 2009

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER News

• UN-SPIDER’s SpaceAid Framework operational
• Bonn to host two key UN Meetings – 10th UNGIWG Plenary and UN-SPIDER Workshop
• UN-SPIDER Keynote Presentation at the International Symposium in Saudi Arabia
• UN-SPIDER fortifies Capacity Building Strategy at UNU-ITC Seminar
• UN-SPIDER staff members put heads together in first programme building retreat
• UN-SPIDER helps develop guidelines for establishing ACPC Climate Activities Database
• South Africa’s Sumbandilasat successfully in orbit, awaiting full activation
• Micro-satellites MicroGEM offer improved earth monitoring
• India launches Oceansat-2 for ocean study
• Amid widespread droughts and crop failures, satellites could help prevent famines
• Satellite Images from MODIS Sensor Cover Southern California Forest Fires
• Satellites show ozone layer depletion levelling off

Conferences and Workshops

• AfricaGIS 2009: “Geo-spatial Information and Sustainable Development in Africa” in Kampala, Uganda, 26-30 October 2009
• The Third MERIT Technical Meeting, Niger, 9-11 November 2009
• Pacific Islands GIS&RS User Conference 2009, in Suva, Fiji, 1- 4 December 2009
• The Third African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development ALC-2009 - Algiers, Algeria 7 - 9 December 2009
• The Fourth Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management, in Montego Bay, Jamaica 7 - 11 December 2009