SERVIR Workshop Tackles Transboundary Trouble in the Amazon

In June, SERVIR Applied Sciences Team members Dr. Stephanie Spera and Dr. David Salisbury, geographers at the University of Richmond, organized a workshop in Pucallpa, Peru. Pucallpa serves as a gateway to the southwestern Amazon, making it an ideal meeting place for agencies from both Peru and neighboring Brazil.

Participants at the workshop received training in the use of geospatial tools and NASA satellite data for decision making on environmental issues in the Amazon. Read the full article on the Applied Sciences Program website.

Scott LaRocca (University of Richmond), Luis Felipe Aguilar Arias (Ucayali Regional Environmental Authority), and Pedro Tipple (Panamerican Institute of Geography and History) discuss annotations on one of the maps created during the workshop. (Photo credit: Jacob Ramthun, NASA)