by SERVIR Team | May 27, 2022 | Capacity Development, Caribbean, Climate Change, Ecosystem Management, English, Mangroves Monitoring
SERVIR-Amazonia began the second quarter of 2022 by visiting five Caribbean countries, expanding the geographic impact of its Program. The objective of the activity which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a 2-years period...
by SERVIR Team | Mar 30, 2022 | Brazil, Ecosystem Management, English, Gender, Indigeneous People, Portuguese, Services, 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 | Mar 24, 2022 | Capacity Development, English, Services, Stakeholder engagement
Inhibiting the advance of disturbances such as illegal logging, mining and agricultural activities in the Amazon rainforest requires an effective change monitoring to accomplishment of command and control measures. Although Brazil has several monitoring programs, the...
by SERVIR Team | Mar 24, 2022 | Brazil, Drought and Fire, Ecosystem Management, Ecuador, English, Hydro-climatic disasters, Peru, Portuguese, Services, Spanish
In their last year of collaboration with SERVIR-Amazonia, the first cohort of Applied Science Teams (ASTs) aims to complete services with partners in the Amazon. ASTs support SERVIR in developing science applications for international development through the use of...
by SERVIR Team | Mar 24, 2022 | Capacity Development, English, Services, Stakeholder engagement
With the participation of more than 50 professionals specializing in geographic information systems (GIS) from the six countries covered by the SERVIR-Amazonia program, a three-hour interactive training session in Geospatial Version Control took place on February 15....
by Simone Staiger | Mar 7, 2022 | Brazil, Capacity Development, Deforestation, Drought and Fire, English, Portuguese, Services, Spanish, Stakeholder engagement
With the participation of USAID and NASA a new Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the State Secretariat for Environmental Development (SEDAM-Rondônia) , Brazil, and the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical...
