Download the March 2013 Updates
In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
- Vietnam: Technical Advisory Mission concluded
- UNOOSA and UNISDR organize Session on Space and Disaster-Risk Reduction
- VALID: User Appraisal of "Top Ten" Geo-Information Products
- UNOOSA/Pakistan Workshop on Space Technologies for Food and Water Security
News from our Regional Support Offices
- New RSO profiles online: CONAE, ICIMOD and LAPAN
- UN-SPIDER RSO in Ukraine participates in Workshop on Wild Fires
- Ukraine: Satellite data to support ice monitoring and flood preparedness
- Pakistan: Building flash flood resilience in mountainous regions
- IGAC: Launch of new website of the National Bank of Images
News from our Community
- Sri Lanka: Making disaster risk information available
- New instrument on ISS to provide imagery to Developing Nations
- UN family agrees on plan for disaster risk reduction
- Vietnam: Launch of first Earth Observation satellite scheduled
- UN kicks off Global Campaign for Drought Mitigation
- UNISDR: Economic losses from disasters keep rising
- OGC: Best Practices Document for Earth Observation Products, Services and Sensors
- Landsat: First Images Released From Newest Earth Observation Satellite
- International Charter: March 2013 Newsletter published
Upcoming events
- 8-19 April 2013: Fifty-second session of the Legal Subcommittee of COPUOS
- 9-13 April 2013: UNCCD 2nd Scientific Conference on Desertification
- 26-27 June 2013: United Nations/Germany Bonn Expert Meeting on Early Warning - Apply now!
- 2-4 September 2013: United Nations/Indonesia International Conference on Integrated Space Technology Applications to Climate Change – Apply now!
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