[UN SPIDER] March 2009 Updates

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   <UN-SPIDER News>
   1. UN-SPIDER participates in disaster risk reduction regional platform
   in the Americas

   2. Asian Disaster Reduction Center Offers to Host UN-SPIDER Regional
   Support Office

   3. UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office Meets with Focal Points during
   ECOWAS Meeting

   4. UN-SPIDER announces its Third United Nations International Bonn
   Workshop

   5. UN-SPIDER bridges gap between providers and end users in tackling
   Namibia floods

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

   7. 29th Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities (IAM)

   <News from the Space & Disaster Management Community>
   1. Satellite flow forecasting system implemented in the Yellow River

   2. New free guide to humanitarian mapping from MapAction

   3. New earth explorer satellite to enhance knowledge in addressing
   climate change

   4. NASA satellite sees flooding in Queensland, Australia

   5. Early Warning System saves lives in Central America

   6. Canadian Red Cross launches website to enhance disaster response
   capacity

   7. Satellite to spy on tree-eating bugs and monitor their environmental
   impact

   8. ESA satellite reveals recovery of earthquake stricken areas

   9. Bhuvan: A local Indian variant to Google Earth

   <Conferences and Workshops>
   "3rd Regional Training Course GIS for Disaster Risk Management - An
   Introductory Course" organized by the Asian Disaster Preparedness
   Center (ADPC), in Bangkok, Thailand, 11-22 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

   CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: "2nd International Emergency Management Society
   (TIEMS) Benelux International Workshop on Oil, Gas and Chemicals Safety
   & Disaster Management" in Antwerp, Belgium, 25-26 September 2009

   "5th European Conference on Severe Storms" jointly organized by the
   European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) and the Institute of
   Atmospheric Physics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), in Landshut,
   Germany, 12-16 October 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

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