In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER compiles list of satellite resources in response to Nepal earthquake
- UN-SPIDER holds training course for Bhutan officials
- UN-SPIDER concludes training workshop in Bangladesh
- Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific: Successful first training
- UN-SPIDER experts publishes article on space-based information and ecosystems
- UN-SPIDER participates in Engage2015 Conference
News from our Regional Support Offices
- ICIMOD: Contribution to International Space Apps Challenge 2015
- Nepal: Raising awareness to fight fires through satellite imagery
- RCMRD launched land potential knowledge system
News from our Community
- DigitalGlobe: First complete satellite imagery base map for Africa now available
- First satellite for Turkmenistan in space
- China: Launch of new-generation BeiDou navigation satellite
- Mapping global forests in unprecedented detail
- Algeria: Alsat-2A satellite imagery shows vegetation recovering after forest fires
- Tanzania: New agency for disaster risk reduction
- South Africa plans to launch Earth observation satellite in 2019
- Honduras and Colombia share knowledge to reduce disaster risks
- NOAA: Interactive storm surge map for flood risks
- Study to test smartphones as earthquake early warning
- Website relaunch: Geospatial crop data for food policy
- Copernicus Master competition now accepting submissions
- Bangladesh: Satellite helps to forecast floods
- FAO and Norway to help developing countries monitor their forest through Earth observation
- International Charter activated three times in April 2015
Upcoming events
- 26-28 May 2015, Bonn, Germany: United Nations/ Germany International Conference on Earth Observation
- 1-5 June 2015, Hangzhou, China: East Asia Summit (EAS) workshop on Application of Space Information Technology in Major Natural Disaster Monitoring and Assessment and 2nd ASEAN workshop on “Development of mechanisms for acquisition and utilisation of space-based information during emergency response”
- 9-10 June, Beijing, China: International Workshop on Supporting Future Earth with Global Geo-Information
- Apply now! 7-10 September, Graz, Austria: United Nations/Austria Symposium for Integrated Space Technology Applications for Climate Change
- Apply now! 14-16 September 2015, Beijing, China: United Nations International Conference on Spacebased Technologies for Disaster Management - “A consolidating role in the implementation of the Sendai Framework on DIsaster Risk Reduction: 2015-2030”
