Connecting Space to Village:
Geospatial information for improved environmental decision-making in the Amazon
SERVIR-Amazonia is the newest hub within the SERVIR initiative. Funded by USAID and with science and technology support from NASA, SERVIR-Amazonia is implemented by the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and a network of local and international partners serving the Amazon region, mainly the Spatial Informatics Group (SIG), Conservación Amazónica (ACCA), the Institute for Forest and Agriculture Management and Certification (IMAFLORA) and Fundación EcoCiencia. Learn more
News
Young Colombian talent in the Space Apps Challenge, Cali: Combining algorithms and a desire for a more sustainable world
Innovation and enthusiasm: Key factors for achieving sustainability Sustainable Development Goal (SDA) number 15 aims to sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and stop the loss of biodiversity. Achieving this in a...
La Academia peruana se une a SERVIR-Amazonia para fomentar el uso de la tecnología geo-espacial
A través de la firma de un Memorándum de Entendimiento, la Universidad Nacional Agraria la Molina (UNALM), la Alianza Bioversity International y CIAT, y Conservación Amazónica-ACCA, manifiestan su voluntad y compromiso de colaboración para usar últimas tecnologías geoespaciales, intercambiar conocimientos y fortalecer capacidades que permitan mejorar la toma de decisiones en aras de salvaguardar los ecosistemas de la Amazonia.
Fomentando el uso de tecnologías geoespaciales para prácticas agrícolas sostenibles en cultivos de cacao y palma aceitera en Perú
En un ejercicio piloto con los cultivos de palma de aceite y cacao, más de 30 participantes de la región de Ucayali y Lima se reunieron en diciembre del 2020 virtualmente en el taller “Mapeo Participativo de Cultivos Utilizando Imágenes de Satélite de muy Alta Resolución” para conocer y retroalimentar la metodología propuesta.
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Meet our Team
The people of SERVIR-Amazonia aim to improve local capacity to harness satellite data and geospatial information and foster sustainable natural resource management throughout the Amazon.
Service Areas
SERVIR-Amazonia works in four service areas empowering actors across the region to track and understand environmental changes in near real-time, evaluate climatic threats, and rapidly respond to natural disasters.
Drought and Fire Risk
Water Resource Management and Hydro-Climatic Disasters
Weather and Climate
Ecosystem Management
What is SERVIR?
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What we Tweet
Really great conversations and hard questions on how we monitor the success of #SERVIRAmazonia services!
"It is not on us to define what success for our partner means. We need to start from their understanding of success" @keherndon and @PIPAnalysis during M&E workshop: How to we measure and evaluate success of our geospatial service developments? #SERVIRamazonia with @SERVIRGlobal
What we Read
- Forests Absorb Twice As Much Carbon As They Emit Each Year
- Grantee Profile: Cuong Ho-"Mangrove Identification and Evaluation in Integrated Aquaculture – Forestry Ecosystem."
- NATURE’S SUPERHEROES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Illegal Gold Mining
- Hyper Island Toolbox
- Nova ferramenta da Nasa pode revolucionar a análise de incêndios na Amazônia
- A spatiotemporal geostatistical hurdle model approach for short-term deforestation prediction
- Next Generation Mapping: Combining Deep Learning, Cloud Computing, and Big Remote Sensing Data
- Gender Diversity in Geo-spatial Technology and Applications Disciplines Uptake in Developing Asian Countries – a Survey-based Competency Analysis
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