Remote sensing based tech being introduced to forecast floods
An advanced level remote sensing based climate and flood warning technology is being introduced to upgrade flood management of Pakistan. read more
View ArticlePlans for Technical Advisory Mission to Sri Lanka taking shape
At the request of the Government of Sri Lanka, UN-SPIDER planned the Technical Advisory Mission (TAM) to Sri Lanka from 17 to 21 October 2011. read more
View ArticlePakistan: SUPARCO supports response to Balochistan earthquake
An earthquake measuring 7.7 Richter scale struck Pakistan's South Western region in Balochistan province at 16:30 hours on 24 September 2013. read more
View ArticlePakistan: SUPARCO supports city planning using satellites
The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), which hosts one of UN-SPIDER's read more
View ArticlePakistan: SUPARCO hosts COSPAS-SARSAT Search and Rescue Exercises
Two Search and Rescue (SAR) exercises and a basic SAR training course were hosted by the Pakistan Rescue Coordinate Centre (PARCC). read more
View ArticlePakistan: First remote sensing lab for crops inaugurated
On 20 May 2014, Pakistan’s Agriculture Secretary, Ahmed Bakhsh Narejo, inaugurated the country's first satellite remote sensing laboratory specifically dedicated to monitoring crops in th read more
View ArticlePakistan Regional Support Office
<p>The Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) of Pakistan and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) signed the cooperation agreement on the establishment of...
View Articlejanuary-2012 updates
Issue Date: Fri, 03/02/2012 UN-SPIDER News• The UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal gets a new lookread more
View ArticleInternational Workshop on flood risk mapping using spatial technologies
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) - host of one of UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Offices - conducted a five-day training/workshop on “Flood Risk Mapping Using S read more
View ArticleFlood mapping for Pakistan by the International Center for Integrated...
ICIMOD has taken up rapid response mapping for the flood affected areas in three provinces with the support from Sentinel-Asia partners and the request received from UN-SPIDER SpaceAid to support S...
View ArticleCOSPAS-SARSAT: 4th National Coordination Committee Meeting held in Pakistan
UN-SPIDER's Regional Support Office in Pakistan, SUPARCO, has been participating in the international humanitarian satellite-aided search and rescue COSPAS-SARSAT Programme since 1990 as a ground s...
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