[UN SPIDER] June 2008 Updates

[Tony Young LYU]

Dear Colleagues,

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News included in this UN-SPIDER Updates:

1. Disaster Response Imagery Ample, but Distribution Still Tough

2. NASA Data Helps Pinpoint Impacted Populations in Disaster Aftermath

3. Global Telemedicine Program for Humanitarian Relief Launched

4. Satellite Network to Predict Earthquakes

5. Disasters Raising New Tests for Telecoms

6. Exercise for Rapid Disaster Relief with Space-based Technologies

7. The Planet Action Initiative: Call for Projects

8. GSDI 11 (Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association): Call for
Papers

9. Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Capacity
Mapping & Gap Analysis

10. Internship Opportunities

11. “Global Change and the Hydrological Cycle (GLOWA) – International
Conference” in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 25-28 August 2008

12. “International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2008” in Davos,
Switzerland, 25-29 August 2008

13. “First International Conference on Remote Sensing Techniques in
Disaster Management and Emergency Response in the Mediterranean Region” in
Zadar, Croatia, 22-24 September 2008

14. “The 7th SAFNet Workshop” in Caprivi, Namibia, 22-26 September 2008

15. “7th International Conference of the African Association of Remote
Sensing of the Environment (AARSE)-2008” in Accra, Ghana, 27-31 October
2008

16. “GORS 16th International Symposium - Remote Sensing and Spatial
Information” in Damascus, Syria 10-12 November 2008

17. "Use of Remote Sensing Techniques for Monitoring Volcanoes and
Seismogenic Areas - USEReST 2008” in Naples, Italy, 11-13 November 2008


Regards,
Tony Lyu


(See attached file: UN-SPIDER June 2008 Updates.pdf)

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Tony (Young S.) LYU
Associate Expert
UNOOSA / UN-SPIDER
Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10
53113 Bonn, Germany
+49 (0)228.815.0678
young.lyu at unoosa.org
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