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.
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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).
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New recommended practice on drought monitoring published
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