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Service prioritization at SERVIR-Amazonia leads to concrete action plan
The comprehensive exercise of assessing the needs with users of geospatial information for environmental decision making in Peru, Colombia and Brazil as well as the follow up meetings with decision-makers of key institutions generated more than 50 service ideas. A service includes data, products, tools, platforms and capacity building that tackle an environmental problem and intend to prevent disasters, such as flood or drought.
NASA grants four Applied Science Teams to improve environmental decision making with SERVIR-Amazonia
The Applied Science Teams support SERVIR in developing science applications for international development through the use of Earth observations. Team members conduct applications research, development, and testing, and participate in capacity building. From 94...
SERVIR-Amazonia co-designs first services to tackle deforestation with partners
To allow countries of the Amazon basin to improve environmental decision-making using geospatial data and information, SERVIR-Amazonia works with regional partners to understand needs, and then to translate these needs into the development of tools, products and...
A Must Watch: SERVIR-Global Program Manager Dan Irwin’s Ted Talk
"NASA has accomplished some pretty incredible things since it was founded in 1958. From landing on the moon, exploring the outer reaches of our galaxy, and imaging planets far, far, away... For many, the associations stop here, but for Dan Irwin - the co-founder and...
Twelve needs identified by Colombia to leverage its geospatial information on the Amazon
Download the workshop report (in Spanish only) Read this post in Spanish On 28–29 August 2019, the “Consultation about the Needs of the SERVIR-Amazonia Program Users” workshop was held in Bogotá, with the participation of representatives of 32 governmental,...
What is going on with the Fires in the southwestern Amazon? A short assessment by SERVIR-Amazonia
SERVIR-Amazonia, an initiative of USAID and NASA, shares the Amazonian population’s concerns in regards to the impacts of fires currently affecting the Region, and renews its commitment to collaborate with populations, governments, research institutions, international...
Conocimiento que conserva: Capacitando a los entrenadores SIG Peruanos
Nuestros aliados de Conservación Amazónica – ACCA y distintas organizaciones peruanas que cuentan con especialistas en el tema, tuvieron la oportunidad de recibir distintas capacitaciones durante el mes de setiembre, las cuales permitirán potenciar sus conocimientos...
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) at SERVIR-Amazonia: First insights and questions
SERVIR-Amazonia, the latest of five SERVIR Hubs developed a plan for monitoring and evaluating its intended outputs and expected results. The plan will serve as a management tool for systematically reviewing Program progress, troubleshooting implementation...
The first training on Ecosystem Applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing
Written by Felipe José Cerignoni, IMAFLORA; Paula A. Paz, CIAT; Africa Flores, SERVIR- Amazonia The week of 13 -17 august was conducted the first in-person training on the Application of remote sensing of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in ecosystems, which took place...
Best time ever for remote-sensing professionals: About the State-of-the-Art Land Cover Change Methods workshop
If you have been following developments in Earth observation for land-use analysis in recent years, you would know there is a lot of excitement nowadays. Some remote-sensing professionals call it the best time ever. Starting with the United States Geological Survey’s...
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