UN-SPIDER at a glance
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has recently released a new report on “Building Resilient Communities Through Geospatial Intelligence”. The report highlights the importance of raising awareness about the value of space-based information for early warning systems and risk and... Read more
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through the United Nations Platform for Spaced-Based Information for... Read more
Disasters cause tremendous loss of lives and assets around the world. Over the last twenty years, more than 1.35 million people have died, while over 4 billion have been displaced, left homeless, injured or in need of... Read more
News from the community
A declaration adopted by a wide range of stakeholders at the second United Nations World Data, calls for an increase in financing for better data and statistics for sustainable development. The Dubai Declaration aims to establish a funding mechanism under the mandate of the United Nations Statistics... Read more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched a new satellite on 29 October which aims to assist with a range of tasks including aiding relief efforts after disasters.
KhalifaSat, a remote sensing... Read more
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has released a 90-metre resolution global elevation... Read more
A drought/dzud monitoring system known as “DroughtWatch-Mongolia” has been officially handed over to Mongolia on 17 September by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the Institute of... Read more
![Copernicus Emergency Management Service (© 2018 European Union), [EMSR317] Palu - Indonesia, Grading Map.](https://un-spider.org/sites/default/files/styles/w175xh150/public/Copernicus_EMSR317_07PALU_02GRADING_MAP_v2_100dpi.png?itok=pQj4cvGd "Copernicus Emergency Management Service (© 2018 European Union), [EMSR317] Palu - Indonesia, Grading Map.")
News from our Regional Support Offices
Delta State University became the 23rd member of the network of UN-SPIDER Regional Support Offices (RSO) on 1 October. As an RSO, Delta State University will communicate and coordinate with UN-SPIDER on a regular basis, engage in outreach and capacity-building efforts, and contribute to the... Read more
The Argentina National Space Activities Commission (CONAE) launched a new Earth observation... 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 |
| 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 |
| Earth Explorers for Climate - The contribution from SMOS | Cornwall | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 09/03/2021 to 11/03/2021 | |
| 5th World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) 2020 |
Government of National Capital Territory (GNCT) of Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Disaster Management Initiatives and Convergence Society (DMICS) Hyderabad |
New Delhi | India | 09/12/2020 to 12/12/2020 |
| 2020 Understanding Risk Forum | Singapore | Singapore | 30/11/2020 to 04/12/2020 | |
| United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction - "Lessons learned during the unprecedented pandemic situation" |
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs through its UN-SPIDER programme. |
24/11/2020 to 25/11/2020 | ||
| Pacific GIS/RS User Conference |
Pacific GIS and Remote Sensing Council (PGRSC) |
Port Vila | Vanuatu | 23/11/2020 to 26/11/2020 |
| ActInSpace |
French Space Agency (CNES) |
13/11/2020 to 14/11/2020 |
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