Regional Land Cover Monitoring System - Hindu Kush Himalaya
SERVIR-HKH has developed land cover monitoring systems with a modular architecture built on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) computational platform.
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SERVIR-HKH has developed land cover monitoring systems with a modular architecture built on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) computational platform.
A special workshop was held 22 and 23 December 2014 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for beneficiaries of the SERVIR-Himalaya Small Grants program to present research outlines, methodologies, and preliminary findings for their projects.
At the Annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), held 15-19 December 2014 in San Francisco, officials from Bangladesh made a big announcement. They are expanding use of a satellite-based flood forecasting and warning system developed by SERVIR.
Working in developing countries around the world, SERVIR seeks to incorporate regional knowledge and perspectives to best meet end user needs in addressing issues such as flood forecasting, forest fire management, landslide hazard, agricultural monitoring, and biomass estimation.
Air quality is a public health concern in Mesoamerica. SERVIR Applied Sciences Team (AST) principal investigators Amy Huff from Pennsylvania State University and Amy Thomas from Battelle Memorial Institute, along with their team, also from Battelle, have been working since 2012 to provide decision-makers in Mesoamerica access to the data and tools they need to monitor air pollution and forecast air quality.
During the 26th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2021, the White House announced several international environmental initiatives f
A recent Esri blog features advances made by ICIMOD towards improved disaster management, early warning and response in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region.
SERVIR hubs are at the forefront in developing high-quality water information, tools, products, and services that enable partner countries to monitor, measure, and report on water resources and changes, and to better predict and manage water-related disasters.
To ensure effective preparation for any upcoming floods in 2019, the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), with support from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), held a stakeholder consultation workshop in Dhaka on 5 March 2019.
ICIMOD, under its SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya (SERVIR-HKH) and Climate Services for Resilient Development (CSRD) Initiatives, is collaborating with technical organizations in the United States and meteorological and agricultural institutions in the HKH to establish a regional agricultural drought monitoring and early warning system.