The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and their UN-SPIDER Program (Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response) have announced their support of the two 2015 summer university courses being run by Dr. Viktor Lagutov through the ISEPEI Project:
Prof. Brandon Anthony led the first workshop on human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in the Persian Gulf Region, drawing over 50 participants from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Qatar, New Zealand, and South Africa.