Space-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Response in Nigeria

To continue efforts to make use of the opportunities made available by the space community, UN-SPIDER, NASRDA, NEMA and the Centre for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces of the University of Bonn (ZFL) joined forces to carry out the UN-SPIDER/NASRDA/NEMA/ZFL National Virtual Expert Meeting on the use of Space-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Response in Nigeria. The virtual expert meeting focused on the use of space technologies to improve disaster risk reduction in Nigeria. Specifically, the goal of the meeting was to contribute to the efforts conducted by NEMA in the area of disaster risk reduction, preparedness, early warning systems, disaster response and recovery efforts. Outcomesof this Expert Meeting included, but were not limited to:

• Enhancing space-based disaster management efforts in Nigeria
• Improving capacity to use earth observation data to manage disasters in Nigeria
• Raising awareness of the activities being conducted by national disaster management agencies and UN-SPIDER in Nigeria and identifying ways and means to become engaged in these activities

To achieve these outcomes, the expert meeting included presentations by several Nigerian institutions and other regional and international organizations and discussion sessions to allow participants to agree on ways to enhance the use of space-based information, in complementary fashion with in-situ information, in disaster risk reduction, preparedness and disasters response efforts.

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