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Agricultural drought in Ethiopia. Image: WFP/Stephanie Savariaud
22 Mar 2021
ASIS tool by FAO helps monitor agricultural droughts and manage their risks at country level using EO data
Sign warning of volcanic activity in Ecuador. Image: DLR (CC-BY 3.0).
17 Mar 2021
Multi-risk information system initiated under the coordination of DLR to continue disaster risk management support in South America
Forest fires in the Amazon. Image: NASA Earth Observatory.
15 Mar 2021
Latin American partners successfully complete virtual training course on forest fire management
Swiss Re and ICEYE logos with flood extent analytics visualisation in the background. Image: ICEYE.
15 Mar 2021
Swiss Re and ICEYE join efforts to improve flood modelling and support disaster management globally
Volcanic eruption. Image: NASA Earth Observatory.
10 Mar 2021
NASA monitors two volcanoes in the Caribbean
Earth from Space. Image: ESA.
5 Mar 2021
ESA picks next Earth Explorer mission: Harmony
Crops in Kenya. Image: RCMRD.
3 Mar 2021
SERVIR programme in Kenya provides EO data to help financial aid reach farmers more efficiently
Logo of CGI. Image: CGI.
26 Feb 2021
ESA and CGI sign contract to improve wildfire risk management using EO and AI data
Cover of The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2021 report. Image: UN OCHA.
24 Feb 2021
The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2021 report highlights the state of the humanitarian data ecosystem and identifies gaps in data availability
Cover of the JRC Atlas of the Human Planet 2020 report. Image: Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission.
18 Feb 2021
Atlas of the Human Planet 2020 report highlights impact of GHSL data on disaster risk management

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