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Russia and China plan to cooperate on satellite navigation stations
Russia to cooperate with China on satellite navigation
Small Island Developing States: Strengthening partnerships for disaster risk management
NASA's EO-1 satellite captured the first image of the active Barbarbunga volcano
First high res satellite images of Icelandic Bardarbunga volcano activity
Insured and uninsured catastrophe-related losses in USD billion
Swiss Re: Insured disaster losses in first half of 2014 relatively low
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named an Independent Expert Advisory Group
UN establishes Independent Expert Advisory Group on Data Revolution
Napa Valley earthquake captured in an interferogram.
Radar Images: Sentinel-1A maps California earthquake
Visualisation 3D Science Park Amsterdam by UrbanFlood
EU-funded projects support better flood warning
Recommended Practices on Flood Mapping.
New on the Knowledge Portal: Recommended Practices
Over 40 participants joined the workshop in Mongolia.
Mongolia: UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Mission concluded
For Canada, which has coasts on three oceans, water information is invaluable.
Canada invests in innovative mapping for global water survey
Sentinel 1-A images
Sentinel-1 mission makes use of InSAR to track land deformation
Image showing the accurate flood information provided by 3DEP's maps
USGS: Launch of 3D Elevation Program
Time series of NDVI average 2001-2004 of clean pasture areas
IGAC: Agro-climatic Drought Risk Management using NDVI
Artist Rendition of TRMM Satellite
NASA: TRMM satellite moving towards end of mission
Nigeria is frequently affected by floods. The new digital flood model will help.
Nigeria: Launch of National Digital Flood Model
Sample image of Madrid, Spain, captured by DigitalGlobe's high resolution satell
WorldView-3: First images available
Over 1000 participants are gathering in Davos for IDRC 2014 to discuss disaster
Discussing Disaster Risk: 5th International Disaster Risk Conference in Davos
Xinjiang, China, seen from Space
China: Geoinformation Industry Plan released
Parts of Nigeria seen from Space by NASA's Aqua satellite
Nigeria: NASRDA provides satellite imagery for resource monitoring
Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in Bangladesh
International Charter activated for floods in Bangladesh
Landsat 8 mission
Landsat 8 being used to monitor Water Quality
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