1. 11 April 2007 Kazuya KAKU Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Sentinel Asia contributing to Disaster Management Support in the Asia-Pacific Region

2. Natural Disaster Damages in Asia  Number of Disaster 37% Asia  Victims 89% 47.5 Hundred Million  Economical Damage World :125 Billion US$ 57% 55 Billion US$ World : 8319 3107 Total number during 1975- 2005 quoted from ‘ADRC-Natural Disasters Data Book-2005’ originated in CRED-EMDAT, 2005 44%  The Death Toll 1251911 World : 2189116 World : 53.4 Hundred Million

3. History APRSAF-12, Oct 2005, Kitakyushu, approved the plan to initiate the pilot project to contribute to disaster management support in the Asia-Pacific region. Joint Project Team (JPT) was organized and Sentinel Asia was initiated in the meeting in Feb 2006, Hanoi. Operations of Sentinel Asia have been started from Oct 2006. (APRSAF: Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum)

4. Sentinel Asia ・ Contribution to the Asia-Pacific region for Disaster Management Support ・ Contribution to Global Environment: Prevention of global warming through Wildfire monitoring and mitigation ・ Contribution to GEOSS and RESAP(UNESCAP) ・ Collaboration with other initiatives: Int’l Disaster Charter, SPIDER, GEO-Netcast, ASEAN Archive, etc.

5. Approach Stepwise approach by Space community (APRSAF): Sentinel Asia is the first step as a pilot project in 2006- 2007 Incorporating users (ADRC members, etc.) Collaboration with Digital Asia for information sharing platform Plan, Implementation and Operation through Joint Project Team (JPT)

6. Sentinel Asia APRSAF* Space Community Satellite Image Content Promotion of Utilization Capacity Building Web-GIS Data / Meta Data Management Information Sharing Platform Content Digital Asia Digital Earth / Web-GIS Community Digital Map Social / Economic Data Satellite Image Disaster Reduction Community Disaster Information Content Utilization (User) ADRC** Member Countries Framework of Sentinel Asia UN / ESCAP UN / OOSA ASEAN AIT etc. International Community International Cooperation ** Asian Disaster Reduction Center Joint Project Team (JPT) Join Project Team consists of total 52 organizations including 45 agencies from １９ countries and 7 international organizations as of January 2007 * Asian Disaster Reduction Center * Asian-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum

7. Main Activities Emergency observation in case of major disasters by ALOS and others To accept observation requests from ADRC members and space-related JPT members Wildfire monitoring by MODIS, ALOS, etc. Flood monitoring by TRMM, AMSER-E, ALOS, etc. Capacity building for utilization of satellite images for disaster management

8. Data Providers Acting Expected to Act Satellite Images After Disaster: JAXA (ALOS), ISRO, KARI, GISTDA (LANDSAT) Before Disaster (Archived Images): JAXA (ALOS), Digital Asia (LANDSAT), ISRO, KARI, GISTDA (LANDSAT) MODIS Hotspots: Hokkaido Univ, AIT/Tokyo Univ, CRISP, LAPAN, COSSA/GA, KARI, MACRES Satellite Image Products: JAXA, CRISP List of Disasters: ADRC Digital Camera Images: WANTED! Map Data: Digiital Asia Fine Regional Map: WANTED!

9. Sentinel Asia Operation Flow Disaster in Asia-Pacific region JPT Members ADRC Members ADRCSpace Agency (JAXA, ・・・ ) Activate Observation Request Collect and Provide Disaster Information Accept Request Preliminary Judgment of Observation Collect Disaster Information and Digital Camera Image JAXA Asia Branch (Bangkok) Support for Users Collect Disaster Information Sentinel Asia Web Site Disaster Information Annualized Image GIS Digital Camera Image Accept Request Judgment of Observation Observation by Satellites Process Data Analysis Analyzed Image Web Site e-mail Tel, Fax Disaster Information Digital Camera Image Processed Image for GIS : Rapid Response Support

10. Operation History Emergency Observation by ALOS: Dec. 2006 ： Mudslide at Mt. Mayon, Philippines activated by IC; observed by ALOS/AVNIR-2 Feb. 2007: Flood at Jakarta, Indonesia activated by SA; observed by ALOS/PULSAR March 2007: Earthquake at Sumatra, Indonesia activated by SA and IC; observed by ALOS/AVNIR-2(Cloudy) March 2007: Earthquake at Noto, Japan activated by JAXA; observed by ALOS/PRISM/AVNIR-2 April 2007: Earthquake at Solomon Island activated by SA and IC; observed by ALOS/AVNIR-2(Cloudy)

11. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Space Applications and Promotion Center Sentinel Asia Project Office E-mail : sentinel.asia@jaxa.jp Thank you for your attention. Please visit Sentinel Asia at http://dmss.tksc.jaxa.jp/sentinel/