Articles & Stories Surf and Turf: Studying Land to Help Protect Reefs As farmland increases in Belize, more and more sediment and agricultural runoff is making its way into the country's rivers and eventually into the sea — where it reaches the Belize Barrier Reef. May 18, 2022
Articles & Stories Small Satellites, Big Results: SERVIR integrates new high-resolution global datasets to improve environmental monitoring Collecting Earth observations over tropical forests comes with logistical challenges. While protection of these often highly-vulnerable ecosystems is critical to combating climate change, heavy cloud cover and the cost of granular-level data mean that frequent, quality forest cover imagery can be a rare and valuable resource. February 3, 2021
Articles & Stories Reducing illegal gold mining in the tropical forests of Ghana and Peru A forthcoming collaboration across the Atlantic At the recent global knowledge exchange of SERVIR staff from SERVIR-Amazonia and SERVIR-West Africa exchanged ideas and experiences on services for illegal mining detection. April 10, 2020
Articles & Stories Mapping Charcoal Production to Protect Land in Ghana Firewood and charcoal provide more than 80 percent of energy used in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Agroforestry Centre, with only a small volume produced sustainably. July 26, 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