Fact Sheet: SERVIR West Africa 2
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This fact sheet provides and overview SERVIR West Africa phase 2 implementation, which includes a consortium of seven regional institutions in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Mali and Senegal.
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This fact sheet provides and overview SERVIR West Africa phase 2 implementation, which includes a consortium of seven regional institutions in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Mali and Senegal.
Ghana is home to some of the most biodiverse and carbon-dense forests in the world. But more than a third of them have been lost in recent decades.
The U.S. Forest Service is hosting webinars to introduce an online training course on Remote Sensing for Forest Cover Change Detection. This activity comes as part of the USAID-funded SilvaCarbon initiative.
At Google’s Geo for Good (G4G) Summit 2023 in Mountain View, California, SERVIR scientists explained how and its collaborators are using artificial intelligence (AI) get more out of Earth data.
| Jake Ramthun, Biplov Bhandari, and Tim Mayer, NASA Science Coordination Office
Disaster preparedness and the water resource management require reliable and timely information. In many regions of the world, ground observation data is scarce. Here are three ways that SERVIR's innovative services and tools enable decision-makers and authorities to address water challenges.
|Chinmay Deval, NASA SCO Water Security Lead
This fact sheet highlights how the Charcoal Production Site Monitoring Service is facilitating forest degradation monitoring of charcoal production sites in Ghana.
The 54th annual Earth Day is on April 22, 2024. To mark the occasion, SERVIR colleagues across the globe share their reflections on caring for the Earth, climate change and other environmental issues.
Youth are not only the climate leaders of tomorrow, but their perspectives and innovations are necessary to address climate issues today. SERVIR is working with a global network of partners to ensure that all members of a community, including youth, are engaged in climate action.
|Lena Pransky and Jacob Ramthun, NASA Science Coordination Office
Voice of America (VOA) Africa reporter Anthony LaBruto interviewed SERVIR West Africa team member Foster Mensah for a story on the environmental impact of illegal mining in Ghana. Using satellite data and online mapping, SERVIR West Africa works to provide local officials with accurate information about the location and scale of these mining sites.
ClimateSERV is a web-accessible system that allows users to access, visualize, and analyze historical Earth observations useful to decision-making across multiple sectors.