[UN SPIDER] February 2009 Updates

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   <UN-SPIDER News>
   1. UN-SPIDER conducts Technical Advisory Mission and training in
   Namibia

   2. United Nations COPUOS S&T Subcommittee satisfied with UN-SPIDER 2008
   progress and 2010-2011 workplan

   3."Map World Forum" in Hyderabad, India, 10-13 February 2009

   4. "First Session of the Regional Platform for Disaster Reduction in
   the Americas"

   5. "Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction", First Session, in Bangkok,
   Thailand, 25-27 March 2009

   6. UN-SPIDER contributes to GEO 2009-2011 Workplan

   7. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: "JBGIS Best Practices Booklet on Geo-information
   for Risk and Disaster Management"

   <News from the Space & Disaster Management Community>
   1. World Bank installs early warning system at Lake Suarez, Tajikistan

   2. NOAA satellites helped rescue 283 people in 2008

   3. NASA study predicted outbreak of deadly virus

   4. Irish government to receive satellite detection service in handling
   oil spill

   5. Satellite built by Indian university to be launched in ISRO's next
   flight

   6. China plans to launch third ocean survey satellite in 2010

   7. Improving emergency response through interoperable mobile satellite
   communications

   8. Satellite images show devastation from Australian fires and floods

   9. Scots raise funds for fire suppression from space

   10. Google Earth fills its watery gaps

   11. United Nations Secretary General to receive satellite phone call on
   climate change observations from Mt. Kilimanjaro climbers

   <Conferences and Workshops>
   "16th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WCDEM)" in
   Victoria, Canada, 12-15 May 2009

   "5th GRSS/ISPRS Workshop on Data Fusion and Remote Sensing over Urban
   Areas (URBAN 2009)" in Shanghai, China, 20-22 May 2009

   "First International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Regional
   Meeting/Symposium" in Yaounde, Cameroon, 22-23 May 2009

   "Second Regional Workshop of the GEOSS Support for Decision-Making in
   the Coastal Zone" in Accra, Ghana, 2-7 August 2009

   CALL FOR PAPERS: 3rd Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA'09, "GIScience
   for Environmental and Emergency Management in Central Asia", in
   Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 27-28 August 2009

   <Upcoming UN-SPIDER Outreach Activities>
   United Nations International UN-SPIDER Workshop: "Promoting the Use of
   Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response",
   in Vienna, Austria, 2 to 4 June 2009

   Third United Nations International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop: "From
   Concepts to Application", in Bonn, Germany, 21 to 23 October 2009

   "6th UN-wide Meeting on the Use of Space Technologies for Emergency
   Response and Humanitarian Assistance", in New York, USA (second half of
   2009)

   UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop "Promoting the Use of Space-based Solutions
   for Disaster Management and Emergency Response in Latin America",
   Ecuador (second half of 2009)

   UN-SPIDER Regional Workshop "Building Upon Regional Space-based
   Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response for Africa",
   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  (December 2009)

   <Upcoming Events Supported by UN-SPIDER>
   3rd Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA'09, "GIScience for
   Environmental and Emergency Management in Central Asia" in Bishkek,
   Kyrgyzstan, 27-28 August 2009

   II Escuela de Primavera sobre Soluciones Espaciales para el Manejo de
   Desastres Naturales y Respuestas de Emergencias (UN-SPIDER/GEOSS Spring
   School), Argentina (Organized by UN-SPIDER/GEOSS/CONAE/CRECTEALC
   (October 2009)

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References

   1. http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/unspider/docs.html
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   3. http://www.unspider.org/
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