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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...
Conservación Amazónica issues MAAP reports: SEEING THE AMAZON FIRES WITH SATELLITES
Fires now burning in the Amazon, particularly Brazil and Bolivia, have become headline news and a viral topic on social media. Yet little information exists on the impact on the Amazon rainforest itself, as many of the detected fires originate in or near agricultural...
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...
Fostering an Ecosystem of Entrepreneurs for Bringing Space to Village
From the unprecedented number of fires throughout the Amazon to large-scale mercury contamination resulting from mining operations, the Amazon region is facing a series of challenges that are testing the best and brightest minds to help find solutions.
SERVIR-Amazonia se sintoniza con las necesidades de los actores interesados
Los primeros eventos en Perú reunieron a más de 20 organizaciones que trabajan en generar información geoespacial para la toma de decisiones en temas ambientales Ver este Blog en inglés Descarga el informe del taller El objetivo del Programa SERVIR-Amazonia es brindar...
SERVIR-Amazonia assesses needs of stakeholders
First events in Peru united over 20 organizations working on geospatial information for environmental decision-making Read this Blog in Spanish Download the workshop report (in Spanish only) The SERVIR-Amazonia Program aims at providing unique opportunities for...
Voices: SERVIR-Amazonia Team launches Website
We are launching the SERVIR-Amazonia website in social media with a series of short video clips.
