Articles & Stories Seasonal water outlook and implications for farmers in the Indus basin The cryosphere — snow, ice, and permafrost — is an important source of water in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. June 2, 2022|Faisal M. Qamer and Sher Muhammad, SERVIR HKH/ICIMOD
Blog A geospatial platform to support Pakistan's Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme and ecosystem restoration SERVIR HKH partnered with the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC), Government of Pakistan, for a national consultation workshop to set the groundwork for the co-development of a geospatial platform to support the ministry's afforestation and ecosystem restoration programmes April 11, 2022|Utsav Maden and Faisal M. Qamer of SERVIR HKH/ICIMOD
Articles & Stories From Space to Village: Geospatial Technology and Artificial Intelligence Provide Unique Opportunities to Transform Forest Conservation in Cambodia Monitoring forest loss remotely makes it difficult to formulate policies and strategies to address deforestation. Currently, rangers spend long periods of time patrolling forests to monitor forest health and checking for illegal logging and land clearances. May 10, 2021
Articles & Stories Pathways to Re-boost Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, and Land Use in Southeast Asia The United States Agency for International Development's Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) recently released "Commodity-Driven Forest Loss: A Study of Southeast Asia," a report exploring trade-offs between agricultural production and forest conservation. April 20, 2021
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