[UN SPIDER] November 2008 Updates

[UN SPIDER]

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   News included in this UN-SPIDER Updates:

   1. UN-SPIDER Conducts Technical Advisory Mission to Burkina Faso

   2. UNOOSA and UNECA to Co-chair UN Geographic Information Working Group
   in 2009-2010

   3. Pakistan, Kenya, and Brazil Receive Free Satellite Imagery from
   International Charter with UN-SPIDER Support

   4. Atelier Régional sur L'Outil Spatial au Service de la Gestion des
   Catastrophes

   5. African Association of Remote Sensing for the Environment (AARSE)
   Conference in Accra, Ghana

   6. Group on Earth Observations Heralds Free, Global Access to USGS
   Earth Imagery

   7. NASA and USAID Bring Earth-Observation Benefits to Africa

   8. NASA, Google Maps track Southern California wildfires

   9. Gujarat, India Using Space Technology for Development

   10. USEReST 2008  - Presentations Available

   11. CALL FOR PAPERS: Earthzine Theme Issue on "Disaster Mitigation and
   Response"

   12. SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: The International Emergency Management
   Society (TIEMS) Annual Conference 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey, 9-11 June
   2009

   Conferences and Workshops

   "Second International Conference on Geoinformation Technology for
   Natural Disaster Management and Rehabilitation" in Bangkok, Thailand,
   1-2 December 2008

   "Digital Disaster Mitigation and Emergency Management" in Beijing,
   China, 8 December 2008

   "Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning and Emergency
   Management: Towards Better Solutions" in Prague, Czech Republic, 19-22
   January 2009

   "III Cuban Earth Sciences Convention and Fair" in Havana, Cuba, 16-20
   March 2009

   Regards,
   UN-SPIDER

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