[UN SPIDER] August 2007 Updates

[David STEVENS]

United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management
and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER)

August 2007 Updates

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News included in this UN-SPIDER Updates:

1.    UN-SPIDER webpage has been updated with information on upcoming
Outreach Activities. Check out:
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/unspider/workshops.html.
2.    International Workshop on “Climate Change and Adaptation in Africa –
the Role of Space Technologies” to be held in Algiers, Algeria from 22 to
24 October 2007.
3.    Sentinel Asia Flood Working Group has just released new web pages
showing precipitation information. You can see daily 24 hours accumulated
precipitation by satellite data and heavy rain information derived from
statistics.
4.    The International Charter Space and Major Disasters was activated a
record 8 times in August to provide support to emergency response
activities in the area of floods, fires, earthquake and hurricane. During
the same period Sentinel Asia was activated for the floods in Bangladesh,
demonstrating the complementarity of both initiatives.
5.    The 2nd African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology
for Sustainable Development, hosted by South Africa in Pretoria on 2-5
October 2007,
6.    "The Use of Regionally Owned Space infrastructure for Disaster
Management in West and North Africa – Status Quo and Prospects" – UNOOSA
through UN-SPIDER is supporting this event which will be held in Abuja,
Nigeria, on 15 – 16 October 2007.
7.    EUMETSAT’s Product Navigator – Environmental Satellite Data, Products
and Software. Check out: http://www.eumetsat.int/products/index.html.
8.    TerraSAR-X used in Charter activation for floods in the UK on 24 July
2007. Products available on
http://www.disasterscharter.org/disasters/CALLID_166_e.html.
9.  SERVIR - A 21st Century System for Improved Environmental Decision
Making in Mesoamerica – Check out: http://servir.nsstc.nasa.gov/index.html.
10. International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) – 2007 African Regional
Conference, Abuja, Nigeria, 3 – 5 December 2007. With the following theme:
Space for Africa: Path to Knowledge and Development. Deadline for Call for
Papers: 15 October 2007.

Regards

David

David Stevens
Programme Coordinator
UN-SPIDER
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Vienna - Austria
Tel. ++43-(1)-26060-5631 - Skype: tazarkount
FAX ++43-(1)-260607-5631 -  E-Mail david.stevens at unvienna.org



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