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UN-SPIDER Updates January 2016

 

 

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance

  • UN-SPIDER present at the UNISDR S&T Conference in Geneva
  • Recommended Practice developed by IGAC uploaded in the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal
  • UN-SPIDER and several partners continue efforts to strengthen drought early warning systems in Central America

News from our Regional Support Offices

  • ASAL: Monitoring desert locust manifestations in Western Sahara and the North-West of Mauritania
  • IGAC: Remote sensing course on object-oriented image analysis

News from our Community

  • Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Uruguay implements a pilot insurance programme based on the NDVI
  • ICHARM develops an Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS) to forecast floods
  • International Charter activated for floods in the United States

Upcoming events

  • 4-9 July 2016, Budapest Hungary: Workshop on Geospatial Technologies and Remote Sensing for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • 11-15 July 2016, Budapest Hungary: Workshop on Innovations in Disaster Risk Reduction
  • 5 to 7 April 2016, Cologne, Germany: DLR Conference on Climate Change 2016
  • 24-26 August 2016, Bonn, Germany: FOSS4G Conference – Call for papers

 

Friday, February 5, 2016 - 12:00
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