At the request of the Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia, UN-SPIDER is conducting a Technical Advisory Mission (TAM) to Armenia from 27 June to 1 July 2022. With this mission, UN-SPIDER together with experts aims to assist Armenia in improving disaster risk management and emergency response by the utilization of the space-based technologies and geospatial information, thereby helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The expert team is comprised of experts from the following institutions:
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Bhuvan is a Geo-Platform of ISRO launched in 2009 showcasing Multi sensor, Multi-platform and Multi temporal Satellite Imagery from 56m to 1m spatial resolution data for the entire country. It also has rich thematic data - Land Use/Land Cover, Waste Land, Geomorphology, Urban Land Use, Lineaments, Water Bodies, etc. Apart from the above, Bhuvan also provides rich & diverse data like Hydrological Boundaries, Climate and Environment, Disaster, Forestry,Tourism, Water, Urban, Agriculture, etc.
The European Commission’s new algorithm developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) can segment social media messages to identify, verify and help manage disaster events -such as floods, fires or earthquakes- in real-time.
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Save our Ocean, Protect our Future
The Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is seeking to address many of the deep-rooted problems of our societies laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and which will require major structural transformations and common shared solutions that are anchored in the SDGs. To mobilize action, the Conference will seek to propel much needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action.
