We speak with Ms Aarti Holla-Maini, Director and Lóránt Czárán, Scientific Affairs Officer, Chief Vienna Branch, UN-SPIDER with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
Singapore will focus on programs where space technologies can make a real-world difference. Space technology presents opportunities for Singapore to strengthen its position as a hub for aviation, maritime, connectivity, and sustainability. Under this initiative, OSTIn has launched an Earth observation initiative, which will use remote sensing satellite technology to analyse and solve sustainability and humanitarian challenges across the region, such as food and water quality, disaster and disease monitoring and forestry and land management.
With its near-equatorial and low Earth orbit satellite capabilities, Singapore is well-placed to support the region with frequent and high-resolution data across a highly dynamic environment to overcome challenges.
The Earth observation initiative is the first of its kind for Singapore, bringing together intergovernmental organisations, companies, institutes of higher learning and research institutions to utilise valuable satellite data. The 15 partners and members of the initiative include international and regional organisations, such as the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, the World Bank, the World Economic Forum and Mekong River Commission Secretariat.
Through workshops and forums, partners and members can develop practical use cases for Earth observation data and conduct demonstration projects to showcase potential applications.
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