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Satellite remote sensing data can provide crucial information for managing natural disasters. How can developing countries access and make use of these data? And what must policymakers do to prepare?
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Developing nations are building their own satellites despite freely available Western data. Do the gains outweigh the costs, asks ...11/11/09
Opinion
Satellites can help monitor and manage African droughts
Kenyan MP and remote sensing expert, Wilbur Ottichilo, argues the time is ripe for using satellites to spot developing ...10/11/09
Opinion
Africans need earthquake education
Africans need to be more aware of earthquakes to cope with disasters — and there's no better place to ...03/11/09
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Spotlight on satellites for disaster management
Satellites can save lives from natural disasters but developing countries risk missing the opportunity through poor political support.03/11/09
Opinion
Satellites offer crucial data for volcano safety
Volcano expert Geoff Wadge explains how the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters helped manage a volcanic eruption ...29/10/09
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Disaster management needs satellite ‘constellations’
Disaster management needs constellations of satellites with multispectral sensors, says Indian space researcher, Ranganath Navalgund.29/10/09
Opinion
Fires: Spotted from satellites, warned by phone
Combining satellite data with mobile phones offers cheap and effective tools for managing fires, says South African scientist Philip ...29/10/09
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