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This web report aims to analyze in detail the response of UN-SPIDER to the March 2025 Myanmar earthquake based on available ...
Since 2017, ESA’s Space Debris Office has released an annual Space Environment Report, providing a clear and comprehensive overview of global space activity. The report assesses how effectively ...
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have co-authored a publication which emphasizes the importance of space technologies in ...
Registration is now open for the 4th Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Meeting. This online event will take place on April 2nd and 3rd, 2025, from ...
The UN-SPIDER Recommended Practice on flood hazard mapping shows how GIS and modelling are used to calculate simulated inundation areas based on land use, soil, elevation, and meteorological data.
A Regional Support Office (RSO) is a regional or national centre of expertise that is set up within an existing entity by a Member State or group of Member States that have put forward an offer to set ...
The National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria was established via Act 12 as amended by Act 50 of 1999, to manage disasters in Nigeria. Therefore, from inception, NEMA has been tackling disaster ...
Fire intensity represents the energy that is released from organic matter during the combustion process (Keeley, 2009). It also refers to the intensity of the fire while it is active. Burn severity, ...
As a means of emergency response after a flooding event or inland inundation, flood mapping helps to estimate the extent of the flood on a large scale. It is a basis of coordinating appropriate ...
Early warning systems have been around for a long time. Ancient tribes in the Pacific observed the precursory signs of tsunamis in the ocean to warn their communities. In a similar fashion, tribes in ...