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UN-SPIDER Updates December 2014

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance

  • New UN-SPIDER Portal design and French version launched
  • UN-SPIDER participates in Asia-Europe Meeting Roundtable on Disaster Rescue
  • Korean delegation visited the UN-SPIDER Bonn Office

Data application of the month

  • Digital elevation models

News from our Regional Support Offices

  • SUPARCO: Satellite-based Monitoring of Pakistan Floods 2014
  • Recommended Practice: Agricultural Drought Monitoring

News from our Community

  • SPOT-7 remote sensing satellite to be managed by Azerbaijan
  • Successful Navigation Test Campaign for recovered Galileo satellite FOC-FM1
  • ESA: Laser link offers high-speed delivery of Earth Observation data
  • International Charter activated twice in December 2014
  • KARI takes over chairmanship of the International Charter for six-month period
  • Turkey: Launch of new satellite within five years
  • China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite launched 
  • Made-in-Nigeria satellite to be launched in 2018
  • New highly detailed ecological land units map of the world published
  • New OCHA report shows opportunities for remote sensing in humanitarian assistance

Upcoming events

  • Apply now: United Nations/Germany International Conference on Earth Observation on 26-28 May 2015, Bonn, Germany
  • 14-18 March 2015, Sendai, Japan: UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
 
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 12:00
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