In this issue:
UN-SPIDER at a glance
UN-SPIDER compiles list of satellite resources in response to Nepal earthquake
UN-SPIDER holds training course for Bhutan officials
UN-SPIDER concludes training workshop in Bangladesh
Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific: Successful first training
UN-SPIDER experts publishes article on space-based information and ecosystems
UN-SPIDER participates in Engage2015 Conference
News from our Regional Support Offices
ICIMOD: Contribution to International Space Apps Challenge 2015
Nepal: Raising awareness to fight fires through satellite imagery
RCMRD launched land potential knowledge system
News from our Community
DigitalGlobe: First complete satellite imagery base map for Africa now available
First satellite for Turkmenistan in space
China: Launch of new-generation BeiDou navigation satellite
Mapping global forests in unprecedented detail
Algeria: Alsat-2A satellite imagery shows vegetation recovering after forest fires
Tanzania: New agency for disaster risk reduction
South Africa plans to launch Earth observation satellite in 2019
Honduras and Colombia share knowledge to reduce disaster risks
NOAA: Interactive storm surge map for flood risks
Study to test smartphones as earthquake early warning
Website relaunch: Geospatial crop data for food policy
Copernicus Master competition now accepting submissions
Bangladesh: Satellite helps to forecast floods
FAO and Norway to help developing countries monitor their forest through Earth observation
International Charter activated three times in April 2015
Upcoming events
26-28 May 2015, Bonn, Germany: United Nations/ Germany International Conference on Earth Observation
1-5 June 2015, Hangzhou, China: East Asia Summit (EAS) workshop on Application of Space Information Technology in Major Natural Disaster Monitoring and Assessment and 2nd ASEAN workshop on “Development of mechanisms for acquisition and utilisation of space-based information during emergency response”
9-10 June, Beijing, China: International Workshop on Supporting Future Earth with Global Geo-Information
Apply now! 7-10 September, Graz, Austria: United Nations/Austria Symposium for Integrated Space Technology Applications for Climate Change
Apply now! 14-16 September 2015, Beijing, China: United Nations International Conference on Spacebased Technologies for Disaster Management - “A consolidating role in the implementation of the Sendai Framework on DIsaster Risk Reduction: 2015-2030”
