Articles & Stories Mekong, Mumbai, and Beyond: Regionally-Developed Tool Expands to Support Global Forest Monitoring A new land cover tool originally developed for southeast Asia is now being expanded globally. March 9, 2019
Articles & Stories Dreams Become Reality for NASA High School Intern This summer, Liza Goldberg, an intern at the NASA Goddard Biospheric Sciences Lab in Greenbelt, Maryland, spent seven days with the NASA SERVIR SCO to discuss potential uses of her mangrove monitoring tools with SERVIR scientists. October 4, 2018
Articles & Stories RCMRD team members interviewed on Kenya TV program RCMRD’s Lilian Wangui, Food Security and Agriculture Lead, and Rose Waswa, Remote Sensing Technician, were interviewed on a Kenyan national TV channel on August 15. August 21, 2018
Articles & Stories Invading Acacia Threatens Unique Northern Kenya Ecosystem The extensive arid and semi-arid lands of northern Kenya are home to a variety of communities. Livelihoods are predominantly livestock based, with limited small-scale crop production. The productivity of the rangelands has been in decline, mainly due to poor management practices. July 31, 2018
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