SAFE:
Space Applications For Environment

• Report of APRSAF-18 SAFE WorkshopNEW!!
• Report of 3rd SAFE Workshop
• 3rd SAFE Workshop 2nd Announcement (PDF)
• 3rd SAFE Workshop 1st Announcement (PDF)
• APRSAF-17 Concept Paper(PDF)
• APRSAF-16 Concept Paper(PDF)

Climate change and human activities accelerate hazards, such as deforestation, landslides, droughts, and floods in Asia-Pacific countries. To mitigate these hazards, environmental monitoring has become important. Space Applications For Environment (SAFE) aims to en- courage environmental monitoring for climate change mitigation and adaptation studies, as well as studies on other forms of practical application, using space applications. In particular, satellite remote sensing technology enables observation of the Earth from the space, and provides the basis to measure some of the changing environmental parameters in various areas, such as water resources, sea level, land cover, deforestation, agricultural production, and ecosystems.

The SAFE activities are implemented by issue-based prototyping project teams consisting of end users, technical supporters, and data and application providers.

Under the SAFE Prototyping, environmental changes, such as water- related disasters, sea level rises, land cover changes, deforestation, ecosystem changes and so on, could be identified, and climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy implemented by using space-based technologies.
SAFE prototype activities are carried out by the voluntary project teams by theme. APRSAF supports such activities by approving them as the official SAFE activities.

For details on SAFE prototype activities, please visit the following:

• Success stories
• On-going prototype activities
• New proposals

• APRSAF-15, Hanoi (2008): SAFE was officially established.
• 1st SAFE Workshop, Pattaya, Thailand (May 2009): 7 proposals from 4 countries were submitted, and 2 proposals were approved as new SAFE prototyping
• Mini-Workshop, Jakarta, Indonesia (August 2009): 5 revised proposals were reviewed, 2 of which were approved at APRSAF-16 in Bangkok, 2010.
• 2nd SAFE Workshop, Colombo, Sri Lanka (June 2010): 4 new proposals were submitted, and 2 of them were approved as new SAFE prototyping