In this issue:UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER and APSCO: Further cooperation in 2014
- Call for Experts: UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission to Zambia
- Call for Experts: UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission to Bhutan
- El Salvador: UN-SPIDER and partners conduct Expert Meeting on Early Warning Systems
- UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission to Kenya successfully concluded
News from our Regional Support Offices
- ASAL: Remote Sensing for locust infestations in Algeria and Mauritania
- IGAC: Development of a Spectral Library
- CONAE: Strengthening technical capacities of EIGEO in the Dominican Republic
- RCMRD: East African Global Land Cover Workshop
- CATHALAC: Training course on Mapping and Application of GPS
News from our Community
- Open data: UK Environment Agency releases flood data to public
- Qatar plans digital archive for Satellite and GIS data
- International Charter activated for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH730
- Philippines: Sensors for Volcano and Earthquake Early Warning
- GPS: New technique to improve weather models
- FAO launches Global Land Cover SHARE Database
- Heavy rain and floods in Brazil: International Charter activated
- GPM Core Observatory: First images from NASA-JAXA Global Rain and Snowfall satellite
- Copernicus: EU Parliament paves way for operational phase of Earth Observation Programme
- International Charter: New Newsletter published
- Sudan: Connecting farmers with real-time flood management information
Upcoming events
- 15-16 April 2014, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: ASEAN Workshop on the Development of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for utilisation of Space-based information during emergency response
- 26-30 May 2014, Kiev, Ukraine, Fourth International Conference on Earth Observations for sustainable Development and Security
- APPLY NOW: 5-6 June 2014, Bonn, Germany: United Nations/Germany Expert Meeting on the Use of Space-based Information for flood and drought risk reduction
- 3-13 June 2014, Beijing, China: 2nd International training workshop on space technology for disaster mitigation
- 24-28 August 2014, Davos, Switzerland: 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC
