by SERVIR Team | Oct 6, 2021 | Brazil, Brazil, Deforestation, Ecosystem Management, English, Gender, Services
Native women extractivists and farmers in the Amazon work with a diverse array of products. They harvest chestnuts, babassu, extract oils, produce cassava flour, fruit pulp, plant cocoa, pepper, produce handicrafts and cultivate many other types of food in their...
by SERVIR Team | Aug 2, 2021 | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, English, Events, Gender, Indigeneous People, Spanish
In the interest of understanding the experiences and perspectives of indigenous women leaders of the Amazon, we propose a conversation with 5 prominent representatives of different countries of the Amazon. The webinar aims at discussing how they have managed to face...
by SERVIR Team | Jul 22, 2021 | Brazil, Deforestation, Ecosystem Management, English, Gender, 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 28, 2021 | APN, Capacity Development, English, Gender, Portuguese, Spanish
SERVIR-Amazonia and partners invited to a virtual webinar to discover the leadership vision of women in environment & geospatial fields. More than 50 leaders and aspiring leaders joined an online conversation on June 23, 2021 and learned from women who are playing...
by SERVIR Team | Feb 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...
by SERVIR Team | Dec 11, 2020 | English, Gender, Portuguese, Spanish
Geospatial services can benefit the people and the environment of the Amazon by supporting communities in monitoring their territories and addressing the various challenges they face, such as deforestation, illegal mining, climate change, and biodiversity loss. In...
