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Satellite image of Europe (Image: NASA)
29 Jul 2015
EuroGeographics to provide geospatial data to Eurostat
Satellite image of Cape Town, South Africa (Image: NASA)
28 Jul 2015
UK and South Africa sign space based scientific agreement
Kick’em Jenny volcano, located just off the coast of Grenada (Image: NASA)
28 Jul 2015
International Charter activated for Kick’em Jenny volcano impact in Grenada
CryoSat-2 satellite image measuring Arctic sea ice thickness (Image: ESA)
27 Jul 2015
Scientists find increase in Arctic ice caps in 2013
Satellite view of the city of Istanbul (Image: ESA)
27 Jul 2015
Turkey uses SPOT 6 and 7 satellites for crop monitoring
Participants in the 7th Africa Working Group Meeting (Image: UNISDR)
23 Jul 2015
Africa, first movement to implement Sendai Framework
French Riviera processed through infrared spectral channel, one of the first images captured by Sentinel-2A satellite (Image: ESA)
23 Jul 2015
EEA and ESA strengths cooperation on Earth Observation and environmental monitoring
Burned area mapped by EFFIS in Monemvasia, Lakonia (Image: JRC)
23 Jul 2015
EFFIS to combat forest fires in Greece
Basanta Shrestha (in the middle), ICIMOD's Director of Strategic Cooperation, receiving the Award in San Diego (Image: ICIMOD)
23 Jul 2015
Humanitarian GIS Award for ICIMOD
Screenshot of SIGNALERT App to download in Google Play (Image: Google Play)
22 Jul 2015
IRSTEA to test SIGNALERT App during forest fires in France

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