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Field Work on Ogunpa flood plain Ibadan, Nigeria. Image: GMES.
CSSTE creates data bank for flood events in West Africa
Sentinel 3. Image: ESA.
ESA project focuses on merging satellite data for water management and drought forecasting
Central-pivot agricultural fields along the Orange River in South Africa. Image: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2016), processed by ESA.
Funding collective issues RFP for labeled agricultural datasets to support ML in Africa
Report cover page. Image: UNESCAP.
UNESCAP publishes report on protecting the most vulnerable from climate extremes and COVID-19 in South Asia
Image: UNFPA.
Satellite data supports UN anticipatory humanitarian action in Bangladesh
Image: ESA.
ESA releases call for Earth Explorer 11 mission ideas
UNOOSA Annual Report 2019.
UNOOSA releases 2019 Annual Report
Federal University of Santa Maria Logo. Image: University of Santa Maria.
Federal University of Santa Maria joins network of UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices
Global 3D model of urban areas, generated using TanDEM-X Satellite data. Sophisticated AI procedures are used. Image: DLR/ TUM.
TUM and DLR launch Future Lab for Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation
Satellite image over the eastern part of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. Image: European Space Agency.
ICIMOD maps floods following Cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh to support response
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured the fires over Borneo on 13 September 2019. Image: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
UN-SPIDER conduct webinar on role of satellites for forest fire management
Fire burning in northern New Mexico captured by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 in June 2013. Image: NASA.
UN-SPIDER webinar showcases methods to map burn severity after forest fire
Image: ©FAO/Sven Torfinn.
UN-SPIDER and IWMI host webinar on locust monitoring
Anak Krakatau captured by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 on 13 April 2020. Image: NASA.
New studies use ground-based, satellite and AI technologies to improve volcanic eruption forecasting
United Nations High-Level Event on "Youth 2030". Image: UN Photo/Mark Garten.
Space4Youth Competition 2020 launched
Sentinel-2 imagery of the area on 4 May. Image: CSSTEAP.
CSSTEAP analyses Sardoba dam failure
Global monthly primary productivity. Image: ESA
New research investigates global carbon cycle from phytoplankton satellite imagery
Water Resource Map. Image: IWMI
IWMI and DEA partner to support water management in Africa
Image: USGS.
UNOOSA hosts webinar on Space4Health
Earth Observation Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Communities logo. Image: GEO
GEO and UN-Habitat open call for expressions of interest to support sustainable urban development
Sentinel-2 image of fire. Image: ESA
Copernicus Emergency Management Service monitors wildfires in Ukraine
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