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NASA’s Earth Observatory features the Amazon Dashboard in a 2020 fire season review
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.
SERVIR-Amazonia’s Geospatial Information Technology team: the living contact with Program partners
Centralizing to better share could be the quick definition of the work conducted since 2020 by the Geospatial Information Technology team (GIT) at the SERVIR-Amazonia Hub. This group is headed by Brian Zutta, Ph.D., Science and Data Lead (GIS)
Training: A successful strategy of SERVIR-Amazonia to engage with partners and co-develop geospatial information services
different training aspects and what they perceive to be applicable to their work. On a 5 point scale, average ratings for year 2 training events are over 4.0 with high marks for usefulness and applicability.
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Guyana’s NAREI seeks high tech solutions with SERVIR-Amazonia to better manage its fragile mangrove environment
Mangrove forests make up much of the coast of Guyana and they are under threat from growing population and land-use change. In response, an international collaboration with NASA is developing high tech solutions to better manage this fragile environment.
Women and GIS – the key factors to successfully co-develop geospatial services
At SERVIR-Amazonia, women researchers are a key factor to advance the regional strategy; their knowledge builds up and helps finding new solutions to the problems faced in the way towards protecting natural resources in rural and indigenous communities of the Amazon basin.
Aumentando a Conservação da Floresta Amazônica com Softwares GeoEspaciais
Com o intutio de preencher lacunas na organização, gerenciamento, processamento e exibição de dados espaciais e, ainda, tornar mais fácil transformá-los em informações valiosas para a tomada de decisão sobre desmatamento, incêndios florestais, extração ilegal de madeira e outras ameaças socioambientais, o SERVIR-Amazonia sediou um treinamento virtual sobre o uso do banco de dados PostgreSQL / PostGIS. Tomás Carvalho e Felipe Cerignoni, Analistas Geoespaciais do Imaflora, lideraram 26 participantes no uso do banco de dados PostgreSQL / PostGIS, incluindo sua integração com o software QGIS, para apresentar os serviços Amazon Dashboard e Origens.
Ministerio de Agricultura de Ecuador y SERVIR-Amazonia colaboran para conservar los suelos de la Amazonía
Se formó Convenio entre el Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) de Ecuador y el Programa SERVIR-Amazonia que les permitirá colaborar en el mapeo del estado actual de degradación de los suelos en Ecuador.
Young Colombian talent in the Space Apps Challenge, Cali: Combining algorithms and a desire for a more sustainable world
Innovation and enthusiasm: Key factors for achieving sustainability Sustainable Development Goal (SDA) number 15 aims to sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and stop the loss of biodiversity. Achieving this in a...
La Academia peruana se une a SERVIR-Amazonia para fomentar el uso de la tecnología geo-espacial
A través de la firma de un Memorándum de Entendimiento, la Universidad Nacional Agraria la Molina (UNALM), la Alianza Bioversity International y CIAT, y Conservación Amazónica-ACCA, manifiestan su voluntad y compromiso de colaboración para usar últimas tecnologías geoespaciales, intercambiar conocimientos y fortalecer capacidades que permitan mejorar la toma de decisiones en aras de salvaguardar los ecosistemas de la Amazonia.
Fomentando el uso de tecnologías geoespaciales para prácticas agrícolas sostenibles en cultivos de cacao y palma aceitera en Perú
En un ejercicio piloto con los cultivos de palma de aceite y cacao, más de 30 participantes de la región de Ucayali y Lima se reunieron en diciembre del 2020 virtualmente en el taller “Mapeo Participativo de Cultivos Utilizando Imágenes de Satélite de muy Alta Resolución” para conocer y retroalimentar la metodología propuesta.
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