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The Niger delta (Image:ESA)
Nigeria plans to develop its own satellite
UNESCO and World Heritage logos (images: UNESCO)
Upcoming International Workshop and Training with the participation of UN-SPIDER
Floods in Pakistan observed by ESA's Envisat satellite in 2010 (Image: ESA)
SUPARCO: Monitoring floods of Punjab rivers from space
Iberian Peninsula satellite image (Image: ESA)
Deimos-2 satellite´s first anniversary
FASTSAT, a minisatellite designed by NASA (Image: NASA)
Report forecasts boom for nano and microsatellite industry
The Global Risk Map shows information on countries highly exposed to natural hazards
IAG launches the Global Risk Map
Belarus satellite image (Image: NASA)
New remote sensing satellite to be developed by Russia and Belarus
The Aquarius instrument aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft was measuring global sea surface salinity (Image: NASA)
CONAE and NASA Aquarius mission stops operating
Sentinel 2A on the point of being launched (Image:ESA)
ESA’s Sentinel 2A successfully launched and set in orbit
SAR satellites observing the Earth (Image: DLR)
UrtheCast to launch new Earth Observation constellation
Satellite view of India (Image: NASA)
India shares concept note for SAARC satellite
UK Environment Agency LiDAR data covering 60% of England and Wales to be freely available (Image: NASA/GSFC)
UK Environment Agency to make LiDAR data freely available
Resurs satellite (Image:ROSCOSMOS)
Roscosmos to expand its satellite fleet
Great Barrier Reef in Australia seen from space (Image: USGS/ESA)
Agreement between Australia and Europe on Earth Observation research
Astronaut Scott Kelly will post the winning picture of the month in Instagram from the ISS
#whyspacematters: UNOOSA and NASA social media contest
With the new GPS-based tools more precise storm prediction is possible for the Gulf of Mexico (Image: NOAA)
New tools to enhance storm prediction in the Gulf of Mexico
Satellite image of the Earth (Image: NASA)
Airbus to build the world’s largest satellite network
A new technique could help forecasting and mitigating earthquakes (Image: Agencia Brasil)
New research for satellite-based earthquake prediction
The Solimoes River, a branch of the Amazon River in northern Brazil, has caused major floods in the Amazonas state (Image: Catedral Verde - Floresta Amazonica)
International Charter activated for floods in Brazil
UN-SPIDER's programme coordinator, Luc St-Pierre, speaking at the international workshop
UN-SPIDER supports International Workshop on Supporting Future Earth with Global Geo-information
The agreement was signed during the 58th session of COPUOS in Vienna (Image: UNOOSA)
UNOOSA and Israel sign cooperation agreement
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