The European Commission has signed Cooperation Arrangement with Colombia, Chile and Brazil. Under the arrangements, the three countries will gain access to the wide range of applications of the Copernicus Earth observation programme and
The Executive Secretariat of Guatemala’s National Coordinating Agency for Disaster Risk Reduction (SE-CONRED), the National Secretariat of Science and Technology (SENACYT), the National Authority for the Sustainable Management of Amatitlan Lake (AMSA) and the Institute of Environmental Studies of the Faculty of Agriculture of the San Carlos University of Guatemala (IAA-USAC) are joining forces to conduct a training course on the use of radar imagery to map the extent of fl
During the past decades Latin America countries like Argentina and Brazil have been active in launching satellites for Earth observation . In recent years, a satellite receiving station was established in Chetumal, Mexico.
Our Latin American and Caribbean Regional Support Office, CATHALAC, participated in the 7th Annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation from 6 to 8 July 2016 in Bonn.
UN-SPIDER conducted an expert mission to El Salvador from 12 to 15 July 2016. The mission included an official visit by Ms. Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA, to El Salvador. This official visit was arranged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a follow-up to the recent incorporation of El Salvador as a member of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
English
UN-SPIDER conducted an expert mission to El Salvador from 12 to 15 July 2016. Read more about it...
The UN-SPIDER programme of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the National
English
UN-SPIDER conducts a conference and regional expert meeting untitled "Use of Space-based Information in Early Warning Systems for Drought" in Dominican Republic, Latin America on 18-19 July 2016.
Short title:
"Use of Space-based Information in Early Warning Systems for Drought" in Dominican Republic, Latin America on 18-19 July 2016
UN-SPIDER published a new recommended practice in its Knowledge Portal outlining detailed step-by-step procedures to support drought monitoring. The practice was developed by researchers from the Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil (UFSM). The procedure has been used to elaborate drought-related maps for Brazil in recent years.
Undefined
UN-SPIDER published a new recommended practice with detailed step-by-step procedures to support drought monitoring. The practice was developed by the Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil (UFSM).
Short title:
New recommended practice on drought monitoring published
Twitter
Google+
