SERVIR Workshop Tackles Transboundary Trouble in the Amazon
Pucallpa, Peru serves as a gateway to the southwestern Amazon, making it an ideal meeting place for agencies from both Peru and neighboring Brazil. Credits: Jacob Ramthun, NASA
In June, SERVIR Applied Sciences Team members Dr. Stephanie Spera and Dr. David Salisbury, both 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.