Articles & Stories Could Satellites Help Head Off a Locust Invasion? A single desert locust can consume its body weight in vegetation in one day. When 40 million of them gather, they can devour as much food as 35,000 people. April 14, 2020
Articles & Stories Inspiring the Next Generation of Girls to Pursue STEAM Careers Girl Up – a global leadership initiative of the United Nations Foundation – partners with the U.S. State department, Google, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and others to organize the annual Women in Science (WiSci) camp to provide young girls access to education, mentorship opportunities, and leadership training. July 18, 2018
Articles & Stories Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Land Cover, Land Use Change, and Ecosystems To sustainably manage forest landscapes, governments and decision makers need accurate and up-to-date information on the extent of the forests they manage and the ways they are changing. July 16, 2018
Blog Teaching and Mentoring the Next Generation of Women in Science The 2017 Women in Science (WiSci) Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) Camp, held in Malawi, brought together 100 girls, from high schools across the U.S. and Eastern Africa, aspiring to pursue STEAM careers. January 27, 2018
Blog RCMRD/SERVIR-Eastern & Southern Africa building Web Mapping capabilities in Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, and Kenya The Web has changed every aspect of our lives, from daily events to professional undertakings such as work related activities. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – tools that enable us to manipulate the geographic aspects of data – have also been affected by web technology. February 8, 2016|Patrick Kabatha, RCMRD/SERVIR