Dear readers,
We're glad to share with you the June 2020 UN-SPIDER Monthly Updates, and would like to make you aware of an upcoming UNOOSA online side event on "Space Technology for Resilience", which will take place on on 8 July 2020, 08:00 – 09:00 ET, New York, as part of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The event aims to increase awareness about space technology, share knowledge between existing initiatives and present practical examples of how UNOOSA and the international space community are supporting resilience-building efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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UN-SPIDER at a glance
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) has released its 2019 Annual Report. The 2019 report focuses on building resilience and highlights many projects and initiatives that UNOOSA engaged in during the past year to... Read more
The head of the UN-SPIDER Bonn office and a visiting scientist from the Universidad Católica de Manizales conducted a webinar entitled “Introduction to Satellite Products and Services for the Management of Forest Fires” on 10 June. The aim of... Read more
At the end of April and the beginning of May 2020, Peten, the northern province or department of Guatemala, experienced severe forest fires that forced Guatemala’s National Coordinating Agency for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) to request the... Read more
On 12 June, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through its UN-SPIDER programme, and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) hosted a webinar on “Space-based inputs for locust early warning and preparedness” as... Read more
News from our Regional Support Offices
The Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) has become the newest member of the network of UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices, which now consists of 24 institutions around the world. The agreement between the University and the United... Read more
To support emergency response efforts, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has mapped the extent of floods in Bangladesh following Cyclone Amphan, which caused widespread damage in the country and... Read more
The Space Application Centre for Response in Emergency and Disasters (SACRED) of the Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission of Pakistan (SUPARCO), a UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office, is using space-based information to analyze areas... Read more
News from the community
The Munich Technical University (TUM) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have launched a new initiative focussing on the development of artificial intelligence technologies in Earth observations. The Future Lab “Artificial... Read more
New studies use ground-based, satellite and AI technologies to improve volcanic eruption forecasting
Most of the volcanic activities are rapidly evolving phenomena, and thus, hard for volcanologists and disaster management agencies to monitor and predict. In the last four decades, however, due to the proliferation of new and innovative... Read more
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