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Image of Destruction in Phillippines
Philippines launch Yolanda Rehabilitation Scientific Information Center
The launch of ALOS-2 on 24 May was broadcast live via Youtube
Japan: JAXA successfully launched new mapping satellite Daichi-2
satellite images help to predict drought and crop yield
Predicting droughts with data from ESA's SMOS satellite
Glacier loss over the last 30 years
ICIMOD: Glacier Status Change over 30 years based on Landsat Data
Indonesian firefighters are now using GIS to share real-time information
Indonesia: GIS used for real-time fire response information sharing
Flooding in the Balkans
MapAction Volunteers deployed in Response to Flooding in the Balkans
international charter activated due to floods in Serbia
Serbia: International Charter activated due to flood events
Second Generation meteorological satellites are planned to launch in 2021
MetOP satellites: Second Generation to be launched in 2021
The 14th UNGIWG Plenary Meeting was held in New York
14th UNGIWG Plenary Meeting held in New York
The meeting included an open session for Member States and stakeholders
UN-Space: 34th UN Interagency Meeting on Outer Space Activities
Extent of floods near Jagodina, Serbia on 15 May 2014
EU Copernicus Mapping Services produces maps for floods in Balkan states
SUPARCO: Emergency map for Afghanistan landslide
Delta IV Rocket Launch
New GPS IIF Satellite successfully launched
Africa is the first region in the world to agree on recommendations for DRR
Africa: Joint statement on post-2015 Disaster Risk Reduction
Scientists from the US created this map of dought areas
United States: Half of the country experiencing drought
Cubesat Deployment
Nano satellites: Democratizing access to Earth observation information
satellite image shows impacts of drought on vegeration in romania
Romania: Launch of European Space Education Resource Office
Our Earth from Space
GEO Announces GEO Appathon 2014 Competition
UN-SPIDER Programme Coordinator Luc St-Pierre
UN-SPIDER speaks at International Peace Institute Seminar
UN-SPIDER's Shirish Ravan during his presentation
UN-SPIDER participates in International Symposium of Integrated Disaster Risk Governance
Inmarsat Global Tracking Satellite
Free Airline Tracking Service announced by Inmarsat
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