by SERVIR Team | Jul 27, 2021 | Ecosystem Management, English, Guyana
Mangroves retain carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. They can store up to 10 times more carbon than land-based forests and are estimated to capture and store 34 million tons of carbon globally. Mangroves protect the lives of inhabitants of coastal areas from floods,...
by SERVIR Team | Jul 22, 2021 | Brazil, Deforestation, Ecosystem Management, English, Indigeneous People, Portuguese, Spanish
Indigenous women and women of isolated rural communities express interest in using geospatial technology to protect community forests in the Brazilian Amazon The Origens Brasil® network, facilitated and administrated by the Brazilian NGO Imaflora, connects community...
by SERVIR Team | Jun 18, 2021 | Brazil, Drought and Fire, Ecosystem Management, English, Portuguese, Spanish
Detectar a possibilidade de incêndios, desmatamento e garimpos ilegais no Pará são focos dos serviços firmados na parceria Uma parceria para apoiar as ações de monitoramento do Centro Integrado de Geoprocessamento e Monitoramento Ambiental (Cimam) foi assinada, nesta...
by SERVIR Team | Jun 16, 2021 | Ecosystem Management, English, Peru, Portuguese, Services, Spanish
As we celebrate the launch of the first geospatial service of SERVIR-Amazonia – Monitoring Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon – with Conservación Amazónica (ACCA), we thank USAID and NASA for their continuous support. NASA featured a related story today on...
by SERVIR Team | Jun 4, 2021 | Ecosystem Management, Ecuador, English, Portuguese, Services, Spanish
This year the UN launched the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030, aiming to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide. For this years’ World Environment Day, SERVIR-Amazonia would like to highlight a geospatial service contributing to...
by SERVIR Team | Jun 3, 2021 | Capacity Development, Deforestation, Ecosystem Management, English, Events, Portuguese, Spanish
THE CONTEXT The restoration of forests and other key ecosystems is a major nature-based solution towards meeting a wide range of global development goals and national priorities, including Sustainable Development Goals, but the stakes are high and financial resources...
