The Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority (VDMA) acts as the Standing Office of the Central Committee for Natural Disaster Management. VDAM is a unit under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural ...

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 ...

The UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office in Kenya is hosted by the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD). Capacity Building CREST hydrological model GIS & Remote Sensing and ...

Sentinel-2 data from European Space Agency (ESA), is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem, once the user is registered (Explore Data -> Copernicus ...

What are vegetation indices used for? Vegetation indices derived from Earth observation satellites are important for a wide range of applications such as vegetation monitoring, drought studies, ...

The principal role of the Ministry of Lands, Surveys, Natural Resources and Environment is managing lands, mineral resources and energy for the benefit of all its stakeholders and developing and ...

Data provided by: The European Environment Agency (EEA) Data accessibility: visualization of data (e.g. web GIS or real time monitoring) Link to the data: Free Registration for Data Access Webmap - ...

The Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC) of Colombia and UNOOSA signed a cooperation agreement to establish a UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office in 2011. IGAC is promoting the use of space-based ...

Structural and non-structural measures Structural measures: Any physical construction to reduce or avoid possible impacts of hazards, or application of engineering techniques to achieve ...

Space-based Information: The Copernicus DEM is a Digital Surface Model (DSM) which represents the surface of the Earth including buildings, infrastructure, and vegetation. The Copernicus DEM is ...

The Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) previously hosted the Indonesia UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office (RSO). This organization has merged with other Indonesian research ...

IIAM, Mozambique's Institute of Agricultural Research, is part of the Ministry for Agriculture of Mozambique. It is mainly involved in disaster management activities through the provision of important ...