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UN-SPIDER Updates May 2018

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of the May 2018 Updates (365 kb).

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance
  • Applications open for United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • NOOSA and Jaxa deploy first KiboCUBE satellite as part of capacity-building initiative    
  • EvIDENz project conducts second stakeholder workshop in Ukraine
News from the community
  • Crisis Connectivity Charter to aid disaster relief enters into full operation
  • New monitoring system strengthens forest conservation in India
  • China offers satellite data to Belt and Road countries to tackle disasters
  • International Charter activated for floods in Djibouti and Sri Lanka
  • IGAC develops innovative risk assessment system in Villavicencio, Colombia
  • Satellites monitor Russian volcanoes to identify hazards to aviation, populations
  • GPS sensors used to aid the forecasting of monsoon flash floods
  • Unrecorded Himalayan floods discovered though satellite data
  • Satellite communication strengthens disaster response in Philippines
  • NASA monitors Hawaii's Kilauea volcano amid threat to local population
  • International Charter activation for flood in Somalia
  • International Charter activations   

 

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 12:00
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