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International Response to Natural Disasters

Source: http://people.uwec.edu/piercech/disaster/homepage.htm

Natassa AntoniouProject Manager

[email protected]

SSP12 Alumni

http://people.uwec.edu/piercech/disaster/homepage.htm

mailto:[email protected]



Do you know any international response to natural disasters?



What is the International Charter

An International agreement among participating Space Agencies to provide

space-based data and information in support of

relief efforts during emergencies caused by

major disasters

Source: http://www.free-islamic-course.org/NaturalDisasterorDivinePunishment.html

http://www.free-islamic-course.org/NaturalDisasterorDivinePunishment.html

http://www.free-islamic-course.org/NaturalDisasterorDivinePunishment.html



• November 2000

• The European Space Agency (ESA) and French space agency (CNES) initiated it

When did Charter enter into force

Source: ESA



Who are the members of the charter

15 Members: ESA, Argentina, Britain, Canada, China,

France, India, Japan, USA, Brazil, Germany, Korea,

EUMETSAT, Russia

ROSCOSMOSRUSSIA

Source: http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/pres/stsc2013/tech-48E.pdf

http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/pres/stsc2013/tech-48E.pdf



Activating the charter

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Source: International Charter



All activations from 2000 - today

Activation: 371 times / 2013: 12 times




Activations 2013




Latest Activation




What does the charter do & not do

It does not provide data to support• Rehabilitation• Reconstruction• Prevention• Preparedness• Scientific research• Droughts

Provides data to support immediate emergency

response



Charter Websitehttp://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/home


official website

http://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/home



UNITED NATIONS PLATFORM FOR SPACE-BASED INFORMATION FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Established by Resolution 61/110 of the General Assembly in 2006 within the U.

N. Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

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UN-SPIDER

Source”http://www.enjoyspace.com

Source: http://www.friendsdisasterservice.org/

http://www.friendsdisasterservice.org/

http://www.friendsdisasterservice.org/



UN-SPIDER

• Provides access to all countries and all relevant international and regional organizations to all types of space-based information

• Provides services relevant to disaster management to support the full disaster management cycle, including capacity building

• A bridge to connect the disaster management and space communities

• A facilitator of capacity-building and institutional strengthening

Source: UNSPIDER-SWF

Source: http://www.earthzine.org



Source: UN-SPIDER official

website

Website: http://www.un-spider.org/

http://www.un-spider.org/

http://www.un-spider.org/



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Source: http://gmes.gov.cz/en/gmes/history-gmes-eu

Land

Climate Change

Security

Emergency

Marine

Atmosphere

COPERNICUS (1/3)



What is the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS)

• It is the first Copernicus service to become operational• Entered into initial operations on April 1st, 2012 - a set

of services funded by the European Commission• Provides mapping products based on satellite imagery

(EMS - Mapping) for natural and man-made disasters to Civil Protection Authorities, Humanitarian Aid actors etc

• It covers: Floods, Earthquakes, Landslides, Severe Storms, Fires, Technological disasters, Volcanic eruptions, Humanitarian crises, Tsunamis

• ‘Public good’ data policy: open access and free licensing to general public users



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Copernicus EMS mapping

• 42 activations (period April 1, 2012 – March 12, 2013)• 58% of activations, 72% of map products in Europe• In Europe: 7 forest fires, 5 floods, 2 earthquakes, 2

“other” events• Activations by AU in HU, IT (2), BG (2), ES (4), SE, PL, PT,

RO, DE, FR, UK, SI• Outside Europe: 4 floods, 8 humanitarian assessments • Triggered by European AU and other international

organization through DG ECHO (Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection)

Source: Frederic Bastide, Open informal session of the United Nations Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities



Statistics

Source: COPERNICUS



19Source: http://www.emergencyresponse.eu/gmes/en/event/Fires-in-Greece_111.html



Website: http://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/ems/emergency-management-service

Source: Emergency

Copernicus official website

http://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/ems/emergency-management-service





ISSUES to consider



• Many hours, even days can pass before map products are available• Problems in getting maps to end users in the impact areas• Satellite data in appropriate format• Lack of coordination and communication among the

authorities and users• Lack of appropriate hardware• Not support to the full disaster circle• MUST be able to do near real time data acquisition,

analysis, and dissemination to end users

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ISSUES

RESPONSE - SPEED - ACCURACY Are…CRUCIAL



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FILLING THE GAPS



CROWDSOURCING

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• Using the power of the “crowd” to achieve a task quickly and efficiently

• Examples: - classifying galaxies in the

Galaxy Zoo project- “Fold it” project public input

to protein folding- Rapid processing of

satellite data (Haiti, Burma)



COMMUNITY REMOTE SENSING

• “A new field that combines remote sensing with citizen science, social networks, and crowd-sourcing to enhance the data obtained from traditional sources

• It includes the collection, calibration, analysis, communication, or application of remotely sensed information by these community means

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Importance of the international response to disasters

Source: NASA

International response is an important step forward in providing fast and easy

access to space resources for disaster management and relief organizations in

response to major disasters



Thank you for your attention!!!

Natassa AntoniouSecure World [email protected]

Source: http://www.un-spider.org

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http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/2012-11-01t141600/eu-majority-wishes-space-monitoring-system-disasters

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