por SERVIR Team | fev 22, 2021 | Drought and Fire, English, Indigeneous People, Portuguese, Services, Spanish
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. “Fire...
por SERVIR Team | fev 18, 2021 | APN, Capacity Development, English, MEL, Portuguese, Spanish
Geospatial capacity building is at the root of SERVIR’s mission. Strengthening the capacities in the region leverages our strategic approaches, namely, building strong partnerships to co-develop geospatial services and working with stakeholders in the use of those...
por SERVIR Team | fev 15, 2021 | Deforestation, Ecosystem Management, English, Guyana, Portuguese, Spanish, Stakeholder engagement
Guyana coastal area. Photo credit: NAREI Mangrove forests make up much of the coast of Guyana and they are under threat from growing population and land-use change. Because much of the coast of Guyana is below sea level, the mangroves serve as a natural barrier...
por SERVIR Team | fev 10, 2021 | English, Gender, Portuguese, Spanish
The figures from the report published in May 2020 by UN Women – United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – entitled Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), are clear in suggesting...
por Andrea Carvajal | fev 8, 2021 | English, Portuguese, Services, Spanish
Centralizar para compartilhar, essa poderia ser uma curta definição do trabalho que, desde meados de 2020, vem sendo realizado pela equipe de tecnologia da informação geoespacial (GIT, sigla em inglês) do Hub SERVIR-Amazônia. Dirigida por Brian Zutta, Ph.D., Líder em...
por SERVIR Team | jan 30, 2021 | APN, Brazil, Capacity Development, Drought and Fire, English, Portuguese, Spanish
Ao longo dos anos, a floresta amazônica foi suprimida para extração de madeira, mineração e atividades de pecuária para promover a subsistência local, regional e nacional. No entanto, os distúrbios ambientais cada vez maiores, que a floresta tropical tem sofrido nos...
