[SDI-AsiaPacific] Satellite Information Access Mechanism - Disaster Mgt Symposium

[Kate Lance]

http://unescap.org/icstd/SPACE/Workshops/2008/Regional_DMSS/index.asp
Regional Symposium on Regional Disaster Management Support System - Satellite Information Access Mechanism, Bangkok, 19-21 March 2008
The Regional Symposium on Regional Disaster Management Support System – Satellite Information Access Mechanism was held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, from 19 to 21 March 2008. The symposium was part of the activities of the ESCAP project entitled “Towards Improved Capacity in Disaster Management Using Satellite-based and Spatial Information System in Asia and the Pacific”, which is supported by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The Symposium targeted policymakers from national disaster management authorities and implementing agencies, and it aimed at enhancing their understanding of effectiveness of space technology, in particular of the Sentinel Asia initiative which was approved by the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF), for their disaster management activities. In addition, the participants discussed and identified necessary actions to establish an effective and efficient mechanism for space data distribution and operational utilization in disaster management.
The Symposium produced the following outputs:
Country reports on how space technologies are currently used in national disaster prevention and management efforts 
Enhanced awareness among national disaster management agencies on space technology based information, products and services 
The gaps between what space technologies can do and what is being done identified 
A network among national disaster management agencies and space agencies created 
 
See link above for country reports and presentations, for example:
Bangladesh - Country Report on Use of Satellite Information for Disaster Management
Overview of Disaster Management in Bhutan
Cambodia - Country Report on Use of Satellite Information for DM
Disaster Management in China: Strategies and Activities
Information Management in India
The Use of Satellite Information to Support Tsunami Warning System in Indonesia
Disaster Management Activities by Using Satellite in Japan
Disaster Management in Lao PDR
The Use of Satellite Information for Disaster Management in Malaysia
Myanmar - Country Report on Use of Satellite Information for Disaster Management
Disaster Management System in Nepal : Context, Policy, Structure and Coordination Mechanism
Development of satellite-based system for natural disaster monitoring in Russia
Country Report on Use of Satellite Information for Disaster Management in Sri Lanka
Satellite Application for National Disaster in Thailand
Utilizing Satellite Information for Disaster Management in Tuvalu
Application of Space Information for Disaster Management in Vietnam


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