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
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