News from the community
The Colombian National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Unidad Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, UNGRD) has recently published the “Colombia Risk Atlas: Revealing Latent Disasters”. The publication strengthens the understanding of disaster risks at the national and regional level, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.
The Atlas highlights different studies and technological innovations related to natural... Read more
The National University of Laos (NUOL) and Deqing Academy of Satellite Applications (DASA) conducted a joint Asia-Oceania GEOSS (AOGEOSS) training workshop on Earth observation data for urban, agriculture and disaster monitoring in the Mekong Basin from 15 to 19 October 2018 at the Faculty of Engineering (FE) of the National University of Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The workshop was carried out in cooperation with the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and Beijing PIESAT Information Technology Co., Ltd.
The Chinese... Read more
Europe’s newest weather satellite was launched into orbit on 7 November and is set to bring more accurate forecasts than ever.
The rocket was carrying the 4083 kg MetOp-C towards its destination of polar orbit. About 60 minutes after take-off, Soyuz’s upper stage delivered the satellite into orbit and contact was established through the Yatharagga ground station in Australia.
The new satellite is the third in the MetOp series as its name suggests and it was procured at the same time as MetOp-A and B, but has been sitting in storage until now. MetOp-A was in 2006 and MetOp-B... Read more
Morocco launched a new satellite on 20 November which aims to assist with a range of tasks including the prevention and management of natural disasters, monitoring changes in the environment and desertification, as well as border and coastal surveillance.
Mohammed VI-B, a remote sensing Earth observation satellite, was put into orbit via Arianespace’s Vega launcher which lifted off from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
The satellite is understood to have a panchromatic resolution of 50 cm, and it can take more than 500 images a day, updating its data every six hours.... Read more
China and France launched a new joint Earth observation satellite on 29 October which aims to assist with a range of tasks including global marine monitoring, disaster management, and risk reduction as well as tracking the effects of climate change.
The China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSat) was put into orbit via a Long March 2C rocket which lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China.
The joint mission between the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Centre National d'Etudes... Read more
Spanish and Ecuadorian researchers have developed a new methodology to estimate faults and volcanoes that can be activated in a region after an earthquake. The approach consist in evaluating changes of static stress on the surrounding faults and volcanoes and producing maps of potentially activated faults and volcanoes.
The main goal of the study is to achieve an effective transfer of knowledge and scientific techniques to non-expert users who are responsible for the management of disasters and risks.
The study was led by researchers from the... Read more
UN-SPIDER at a glance
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens and the Austrian Red Cross presented the 2018 World Disasters Report at the United Nations in Vienna on 12 November. The report addresses the need to fill the gaps in humanitarian assistance coverage to avoid the exclusion of the most vulnerable people. Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon participated in the launch.
The... Read more
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through its Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER), conducted an International Expert Meeting on 12 November at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany. “Towards Big (Space) Data in Support of Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Response in Africa” aimed at contributing to an increased use of big data approaches and satellite technologies in African countries to respond to challenges posed by natural hazards.
The meeting was organized together with the... Read more
Up-coming events
| Title | Organized by | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th World Landslide Forum |
International Consortium on Landslides, Global Promotion Committee of International Programme on Landslides (IPL-GPC) |
Kyoto | Japan | 02/11/2021 to 06/11/2021 |
| Eighth International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM8) |
National Science Foundation (NSF), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), The International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) |
Iowa | United States of America | 09/08/2021 to 11/08/2021 |
| 12th Symposium on Digital Earth |
International Society for Digital Earth |
Salzburg | Austria | 06/07/2021 to 08/07/2021 |
| ISPRS - International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Congress 2021 |
ISPRS, Société Française de Photogrammétrie et de Télédétection |
Nice | France | 04/07/2021 to 10/07/2021 |
| International Plant Health Conference "Protecting Plant Health in a changing world" |
FAO, International Plant Protection Convention |
Helsinki | Finland | 28/06/2021 to 01/07/2021 |
| 7th IAA Planetary Defense Conference |
International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) |
26/04/2021 to 30/04/2021 | ||
| Africa Space Week |
African Union Commission |
Nairobi | Kenya | 20/03/2021 to 26/03/2021 |
| Earth Explorers for Climate - The contribution from SMOS |
ESA |
Cornwall | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 09/03/2021 to 11/03/2021 |
| Mapping and Monitoring Lakes and Reservoirs with Satellite Observations |
NASA ARSET |
09/02/2021 | ||
| Taller Gestión de Incendios Forestales Mediante el Uso de la Plataforma Google Earth Engine (GEE) |
Mario Gulich Institute on High Level Studies on Outer Space, Latin American Network on Remote Sensing of Forest Fires (RedLaTIF), National Space Research Institute of Brazil (INPE), Mexico's National Biodiversity Commission (CONABIO), Argentina's National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA), Friends of Nature NGO of Bolivia (FAN), UN-SPIDER |
08/02/2021 to 05/03/2021 |
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