June 2011

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER News

• SPIDER Thematic Partnership for the Pacific Region
• Expert Meeting on Crowdsource Mapping for Preparedness and Emergency Response in Vienna will produce input for report of Secretary General
• Technical Advisory Mission to Cameroon
• UN-SPIDER co-organizes PAIGH/USGS Crisis Workshop in Panama
• Technical Advisory Mission to Nigeria
• Technical Advisory Mission to Bangladesh
• UN-SPIDER at the OGC Plenary week
• Sustainable Future of Outer Space Activities discussed at the Outer Space Committee

Community News

• Sentinel Asia supports disaster response to floods in Tajikistan
• International Charter activated for volcano eruption affecting Chile and Argentina
• RCMRD collaborates with ECHO/UNISDR on Regional Training Workshop
• ADRC conducted an expert group meeting in response to the Japan Earthquake
• Nigeria prepares to launch two earth observation satellites
• NASA flights seek to improve view of air pollution from space
• Satellite programs aid emergency crews battling wildfires
• RapidEye reveals full archive through EyeFind
• CEOS and ISU use Earth Observation satellites to detect bugs

Conferences and Workshops organized or supported by UN-SPIDER

• UN-SPIDER International Expert Meetings: Crowdsource Mapping for Preparedness and Emergency Response, Vienna, 5-6 July 2011
• FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Management “Best Practices for Risk Reduction and Rapid Response Mapping”, Beijing, 22-25 November 2011
• Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management 2011 “Working together to protect Pacific communities form the risks posed by natural and climate related hazards”, Auckland, 1-5 August 2011