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Rwanda satellite map (Image: NASA)
10 Mar 2015
Rwanda implements the first Land Use Mapping Portal in Africa
UNISDR head Wahlström urges world leaders to take action on disaster risk reduction
10 Mar 2015
UNISDR: Climate change accounts for 87 percent of disasters worldwide
Typhoon approaching China (Image: NASA)
9 Mar 2015
Chinese Gaofen-2 earth observation satellite comes into service
Satellite image of Sub-Saharan Africa (Image: NASA)
9 Mar 2015
Satellite mapping to analyse rainfall impact in Africa
2013 Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines (Image: DFID/ Henry Donati)
9 Mar 2015
Atlas of cities at risk from natural disasters published
2012 Blue Marble (Image: NASA)
6 Mar 2015
Second Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Instrument will support Joint Polar Satellite System Mission
2010 flooding in Tennessee (Image: FEMA/ David Fine)
6 Mar 2015
Global flood harm could triple by 2030
Screenshot of SIGNALERT crowdmapping app (Image: Signalert SARL)
6 Mar 2015
Signalert: Crowdmapping app for disaster management
GAR15 provides a review of 10 years of disaster risk reduction
5 Mar 2015
2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR15) launched
Satellite image of Lake Balaton (Image: Viktor Tóth)
5 Mar 2015
Water quality of European lake measured from space

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