July 2011

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER News

• UN-SPIDER SpaceAid Framework supports information flow in crisis at the Horn of Africa
• Online registration now open for United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Management “Best Practices for Risk Reduction and Rapid Response Mapping” in Beijing
• Upcoming Technical Advisory Missions in Sri Lanka, Chile and Tonga
• 3rd Session of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management in Auckland
• Expert Working Group meeting at ESCAP, Bangkok
• Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction (CDRR)
• 4th Joint Project Team Meeting of Sentinel Asia
• Preliminary results of the UNOOSA RIVAF project presented to Global Pulse team
• UN-SPIDER successfully conducted International Expert Meeting on “Crowdsource Mapping for Preparedness and Emergency Response”

Community News

• International Charter activated for floods in Republic of Korea and in Japan
• Sentinel Asia supports disaster response to floods and earthquake in Asia
• SAFER supporting response to four disasters in July
• ADRC Conference on Disaster Reduction 2011 draws to successful conclusion
• RCMRD collaborates in KeNMaTT training on GIS, RS and GPS applications in support of Tsetse mapping
• Korean satellite to aid disaster efforts
• ESA protests Earth Observation program’s removal from multiyear budget proposal
• Namibia’s satellite centre to warn of disaster threats
• Conference on data sharing: Muslim States asked to harness their potential
• NASA AIRS movies show evolution of US 2011 heat wave

Conferences and Workshops organized or supported by UN-SPIDER

• 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
• International workshop on Space-based Information for Disaster Management in Central Asia, Krasnoyarsk, 7-8 September 2011
• Training Seminar in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, September 2011