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In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- Report launch: The Value of Geo-Information for Disaster and Risk Management (VALID)
- Space Technologies for Climate Change: Conference successfully concluded
- Indonesia: UN-SPIDER organizes stakeholders meeting
- UN-SPIDER organizes interactive training session for NDRCC
News from our Regional Support Offices
- Romania: 2nd IAA Conference on Space Systems as Critical Infrastructure
- Pakistan: SUPARCO generates inundation maps for ongoing floods
- Chernobyl and Fukushima: Joint satellite project to track radiation
- SUPARCO and ISA hold joint workshop on space applications for disasters
- COSPAS-SARSAT: 4th National Coordination Committee Meeting held in Pakistan
- Pakistan: SUPARCO supports response to Balochistan earthquake
News from our Community
- ROSCOSMOS: International Charter welcomes newest member
- UNOCHA: Philippines increasingly using technologies for disasters
- Togo: Development of new topographic map
- NOAA: GOES-12 satellite retired after 10 successful years
- New Landsat data released for free access
- International Charter activated four times in September
- Germany: TerraSAR-X now in new wide-angle mode
- Astrium to provide imagery for Google Maps and Google Earth
- Disaster Risk in Cities: Swiss Re publishes Report
- Malaysia: Launch of geospatial services portal
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute issues call for experts
Upcoming events
- 23-25 October 2013, Beijing, China: United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management - "Disaster risk identification, assessment and monitoring"
- 30-31 October 2013, Denpasar, Indonesia: Application of Satellite Technologies for Emergencies Preparedness, Management and Response (EPMR) in Asia-Pacific Region
- 11-22 November 2013, Sanya, China: Training Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation
- 9-11 December 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam: 9th International Conference on Geoinformation for Disaster Management (Gi4DM)
