In 2016, according to the international cooperation plan of CAS Bureau of International Cooperation for the Belt and Road Initiative, SDIM launched the Joint Program on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation for Belt and Road Initiative. Under this framework, SDIM focused on the monitoring system for drought in Cambodia, research on sedimentation, geological disaster and sustainable development of the Angkor world heritage site, typhoon risk assessment on the South China Sea, and spatial cognition of water resources for areas along the Belt and Road in 2017. 

Model system for remote sensing and monitoring of drought to be transferred to Cambodia and system for water resource monitoring in the B&R