por SERVIR Team | Feb 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 | Feb 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 | Feb 15, 2021 | Deforestación, 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 | Feb 10, 2021 | English, Gender, Portuguese, Spanish
Las cifras del informe publicado en mayo de 2020 por ONU Mujeres – entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad de Género y el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres – titulado Las Mujeres en Ciencias, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas en América Latina y el Caribe...
por Andrea Carvajal | Feb 8, 2021 | English, Portuguese, Services, Spanish
Centralizar para compartir podría ser una definición rápida de la labor que desde mediados de 2020 viene realizando el equipo de tecnología de información geoespacial (GIT, por sus siglas en inglés) del Hub SERVIR-Amazonia. Dirigido por Brian Zutta, Ph.D., Líder en...
por SERVIR Team | Ene 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...
