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UN-SPIDER August 2012 Updates

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Issue Date: Tue, 04/09/2012 In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance

  • UN-SPIDER Conference on Risk Assessment in Beijing open for Applications

  • UN-SPIDER conducts Capacity Building Programme in Sri Lanka

  • Call for experts for Technical Advisory Mission in Mozambique

  • Successful Technical Advisory Mission to Cape Verde

  • UNOOSA signs new Funding Agreement with Austria for UN-SPIDER

  • UN-SPIDER reports on Crowdsource Mapping in Imaging Notes magazine

  • UNOOSA activates International Charter for Earthquake in Iran

News from our Regional Support Offices

  • IGAC researches Application of Satellite Imagery for flooded Areas

  • CATHALAC models Central American coastal Vulnerability to Storm Hazards

  • CATHALAC develops Forest Cover Map of Belize

  • CATHALAC launches regional geo-viewer: PortalGIS

  • Pakistan’s Space Agency trains for Rescue Operations

  • ADRC: Booklet on space-based Information for Tsunami Assessment

  • 3rd Ukrainian Conference GEO-UA

  • NASU-NSAU forecasts Winter Wheat Yield in Ukraine

News from our Community

  • International Charter activated in Philippines, USA, Iran, Russia and four African countries

  • GIO EMS: New European GMES mapping service publishes user guide

  • New satellite sensor to observe wildfires

  • Esri launches new GIS tool for search and rescue personnel

Upcoming events

  • UN-SPIDER Technical Advisory Missions to Solomon Islands and Mozambique

  • “Risk Assessment in the Context of Global Climate Change” – United Nations International

  • Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management

  • Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2013 announced

  • 4th International Conference of Crisis Mappers(ICCM) - Fellowships available

  • United Nations International Expert Meeting on Crowdsource Mapping