Monitoring Land Cover for Resilient Development
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SERVIR-Mekong, along with SilvaCarbon, the US Forest Service and SIG, hosted a Google Earth Engine Training and a second workshop for the Regional Land Cover Monitoring System from 7-14 July 2016.
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SERVIR-Mekong, along with SilvaCarbon, the US Forest Service and SIG, hosted a Google Earth Engine Training and a second workshop for the Regional Land Cover Monitoring System from 7-14 July 2016.
Read about recent SERVIR activities in the Mekong region to help them use NASA's publicly available satellite data to support decision making on water resources issues.
Landscapes on Earth are changing at unprecedented levels. For scientists, practitioners and environmental decision makers, tracking these changes efficiently and accurately is critical to protecting lives and livelihoods.
Vietnam and Thailand, like other countries in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia, have long dealt with water-related problems -- flooding in the rainy season, drought in the dry season, and degradation of water quality because of a growing population, urbanization, and agricultural and industrial expansion. Efficient management of water resources is all-important for these countries.
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) is an intergovernmental organization that provides coordination and technical input on flood management to the members of the Lower Mekong countries including Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam.
On 12 May 2017, SERVIR-Mekong Regional Science Coordination Lead Eric Anderson presented a speech at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok, Thailand, about his experiences helping SERVIR’s global network of hubs support government agencies in using publicly available satellite imagery to prepare for and respond to disasters around the world.
During 1-2 June 2017, SERVIR-Mekong personnel led a kick-off workshop for seven grantee organizations selected under the SERVIR-Mekong Grants Program at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok, Thailand. The purpose of the event was to define roles and responsibilities, outline grant activities, and provide opportunities for the grantees to interact in person with SERVIR-Mekong staff.
SERVIR-Mekong hosted the 4th Regional Land Cover Monitoring System (RLCMS) Production Workshop in Bangkok from 1-3 August 2017. Drawn from various countries in the Mekong region, participants included technical experts representing government agencies as well as academics and international organizations involved with the application of the RLCMS tool and products.
The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), developed by SERVIR Mekong, is helping resolve transboundary water management challenges for countries in the Lower Mekong.
|Wadee Deeprawat, SERVIR-Mekong/ADPC.
Through USAID's SERVIR-Mekong grants program, in partnership with NASA, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) arranged a regional training workshop to estimate future flood exposure by combining scenarios for urban growth with flood models.