
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
NASA’s Earth Observatory features the Amazon Dashboard in a 2020 fire season review
After intense fires in the Amazon captured global attention in 2019, fires again raged throughout the region in 2020. According to an analysis of satellite data from NASA’s Amazon dashboard, the 2020 fire season was actually more severe by some key measures.
SERVIR-Amazonia’s Geospatial Information Technology team: the living contact with Program partners
Centralizing to better share could be the quick definition of the work conducted since 2020 by the Geospatial Information Technology team (GIT) at the SERVIR-Amazonia Hub. This group is headed by Brian Zutta, Ph.D., Science and Data Lead (GIS)
Training: A successful strategy of SERVIR-Amazonia to engage with partners and co-develop geospatial information services
different training aspects and what they perceive to be applicable to their work. On a 5 point scale, average ratings for year 2 training events are over 4.0 with high marks for usefulness and applicability.
Results
Cool Tools
Technical information in a timely manner and in easy to understand formats
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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Capacitación en la herramienta de GEOGloWS

Capacitación en la herramienta de GEOGloWS

SAR webinar July,9, 2020

Pause and Reflect 2020

Reunión de #SERVIRamazonia con CONGOPE

Reunión de #SERVIRamazonia con COICA

Reunión de #SERVIRamazonia con el Ministerio del Ambiente

Reunión de #SERVIRamazonia con CONGOPE

Reunión de #SERVIRamazonia con COICA

SAGE2020

SAGE2020

SAGE2020

User Needs Assessment Quito, Ecuador

User Needs Assessment Quito, Ecuador
What we Tweet
What we Read
- Putting Theory of Change into Use in Complex Settings
- Team
- A Knowledge Brokering Framework for Integrated Landscape Management
- 23 February 2021 Perspectives on flood forecast-based early action and opportunities for Earth observations
- Roads in the Southwestern Amazon, State of Acre, between 2007 and 2019
- USAID partnership launches innovative tool to assess the impact of investment on biodiversity conservation
- Illegal Gold Mining
- MAG apoya en la conservación de los suelos de la Amazonía ecuatoriana – Min
- Quantifying Land Use Land Cover Changes in the Lake Victoria Basin Using Satellite Remote Sensing: The Trends and Drivers between 1985 and 2014
- Lasers find forest gaps to aid tree mortality studies in Brazilian Amazon
