GFMC: Preparation of the Inter-Agency Task Force Working Group Wildland Fire within the ISDR of the United Nations
UN Office for Outer Space Affairs
The UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) is the Secretariat for the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), a specialized committee of the UN General Assembly. The OOSA website provides background papers of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III) which includes a report on Disaster Prediction, Warning and Mitigation (A/CONF.184/BP/2).
For recents UN OOSA conferences on disaster management that include wildland fire contributions see: http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/SAP/stdm/index.html
At the Forty-fourth session of the COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (Vienna, 12-23 February 2007) a special session Space-system-based disaster management support included a presentation of GFMC:
- Report on Special Presentations on Outer Space Activities (including GFMC) (PDF, 35 KB)
- Presentation of GFMC/GOFC-GOLD Use of Space Systems for Wildland Fire Early Warning, Monitoring and Decision Support in Wildfire Disaster Management (PDF, 2 MB)
