In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- UN-SPIDER to conduct two training programmes in Asia
- New international framework for disaster risk reduction mentions importance of Space technologies
- WCDRR: A global partnership on Earth observation for disaster risk reduction
- WCDRR: Public Forum on geospatial information for disaster resilience
- UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER contributes to Early Warning Session at WCDRR
- WCDRR: CANEUS public forum on sharing Space data
- UNOOSA participates in CEOS Working Group on Capacity Building
- UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER supports summer courses at Central European University
Data Application of the Month
News from our Regional Support Offices
- Nepal: ICIMOD conducts workshop about rapid response mapping
- Bolivia: UN-SPIDER RSO Recommended Practice used in International Charter activation
- Argentina: Satellite images support flood damage mitigation
- CONAE provides maps to fight fires in the Andes
News from our Community
- GFDRR and DFID: Challenge Fund to improve disaster risks assessment
- Using GPS data to characterize earthquake fault lines
- Indonesia: Fujitsu announces smartphone-based disaster information-sharing tool
- DigitalGlobe: Community to help map damage in Vanuatu through Tomnod
- Satellite technology to reduce drought risk in Kenya
- Sixth Galileo satellite already in its target orbit
- UNDP and Tohoku University launch Global Centre for Disaster Statistics
- India successfully launches fourth regional navigation satellite
- Rwanda implements the first Land Use Mapping Portal in Africa
- Chinese Gaofen-2 earth observation satellite comes into service
- United Nations General Assembly adopts resolution on Global Geospatial Information Management
- International Charter activated six times in March 2015
Upcoming events
- Apply now! 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
- 1-5 June 2015, Hangzhou, China: 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
