Examples of using Space-based applications in English and their translations into Arabic
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Course in space-based applications for use in disaster risk reduction, Beijing.
(d) Facilitating access to infrastructure, hardware, software and services for space-based applications.
(a) Improving early warning systems: novel space-based applications to monitor and forecast events;
The main objective was to review knowledge management strategies to improve existing earlywarning systems through the incorporation of recent advances in space-based applications.
(a) Recent advances in space-based applications for risk assessment and disaster response in Europe and Latin America;
The Committee agreed that more seminars andregional conferences should be held on the use of space-based applications in water resource management.
UN-SPIDER regional workshop on space-based applications for disaster-risk management and emergency response in Latin America.
(d) To obtain consensus oncapacity-building strategies in Latin America on the issue of space-based applications for risk management and disaster response.
UN-SPIDER regional workshop on space-based applications for disaster-risk management and emergency response in Latin America.
The objective of the conference would be to bring together experts and decision-makers from the space andclimate change community to discuss methods of using space-based applications to support the identification and implementation of adaptation and mitigation measures.
Space-based applications could and should play a key role in the design of an early warning, emergency and reconstruction policy to address natural and humanitarian disasters.
(c) To become aware of the most recent advances regarding space-based applications that should be promoted in the context of flood and drought risk reduction;
If the space-based applications of remote sensing, satellite telecommunication and navigation systems were systematically integrated into multi-source geospatial datasets, it would be easier to meet those challenges.
(a) To become aware of examples regarding the use of space-based applications and solutions targeting disaster risk management and emergency response;
They will supplement five planned field projects and one Development Account project in the areas of disaster risk reduction and resilience-building,information and communications technology and space-based applications for disaster risk management.
India will be sharing with Kenya expertise on space-based applications to address natural resources management and weather forecasting, expertise that can be exploited to improve food output in the country.
The Office had proposed an official working session at the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in March 2015 on Earth observations to support national and local disaster risk reduction initiatives,as a way of showcasing the use of geospatial and space-based applications and identifying areas for improvement.
Special session of the UN-SPIDERThematic Partnership for Latin America and the Caribbean on space-based applications for managing risk reduction and emergency response in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The participants confirmed that space-based applications are perceived as providing highly valuable inputs which can contribute to efforts worldwide to mitigate the effects of climate change and to adapt to its manifestations.
A study was carried out by the International Academy of Astronautics, at the request of UNESCO, on the reconstruction of Afghanistan, emphasizing the role of spacetechnology to promote peace by demonstrating how space-based applications can accelerate the process of rebuilding infrastructure, the economy, education and health support.
The first session, on thetopic" Improving early warning systems: novel space-based applications to monitor and forecast events", provided the setting for a discussion of the use of space-based information to monitor and forecast potentially catastrophic events that can trigger disasters.
The Expert Meeting was aimed at facilitating the exchange of experiences and lessons learned regarding the use of space-based information in early warning systems; identifying needs; and discussing knowledge management strategies to improve existing earlywarning systems through the incorporation of recent advances in space-based applications.
Experts also addressed topics such as the use of space-based applications to contribute to the assessment of vulnerability of specific communities, to improve the dissemination of warnings and the identification of evacuation routes, and to minimize losses to critical assets exposed to hazards.
Additional efforts will make use of other segments of the portal, including with respect to how to activate emergency mechanisms established by the space community, such as the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, Sentinel Asia,as well as with respect to the benefits of using space-based applications in all phases of the disaster management cycle.
The first presentation, by UN-SPIDER,framed the theme by illustrating how space-based applications can support the four elements of effective early warning systems(risk knowledge, warning service, dissemination of warnings and response capability).
While the ISDR secretariat has continued to support broad strategy efforts such as the Ad Hoc Working Group on Disaster Management Support of CEOS, the United Nations Programme on Space Applications and implementation of the Vienna Declaration,it has also sought to develop a specific drive for space-based applications for disaster reduction with a particular focus on vulnerability and communities at risk.
Another example of new space-based applications is the implementation by UNOSAT on behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) of a project in Chad to assist camp planners and managers in assessing groundwater resources and how these should be included in a water management plan.
Currently, UNOSAT and ISDR, working in collaboration with the International Center for the Research of the El Niño Phenomenon, are facilitating space-based applications for hazard identification and land-use planning in Nicaragua and for the development of risk reduction measures and land-use planning to mitigate future impacts of El Niño in vulnerable countries in South America.
The efforts will be further augmented by the regional advisory services on disaster risk reduction policies provided to member States, the development of an integrated regional early warning system by the ESCAP Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness in Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian Countries and capacity-building activities of the established regional mechanisms inthe area of ICT, including space-based applications, in support of inclusive and sustainable development.
(f) One Liaison Officer(P-3), Geneva liaison office. The Liaison Officer, with a relevant background in international relations, international policy,public relations and/or a scientific or technical area(space-based applications in the area of disaster management), would assist in disseminating and integrating the work of the programme within the disaster reduction and humanitarian response communities in Geneva;