Three Ways SERVIR is Supporting Biodiversity in the Amazon
May 22 is World Biodiversity Day, and this year we’re highlighting SERVIR’s commitment to protecting biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest.
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May 22 is World Biodiversity Day, and this year we’re highlighting SERVIR’s commitment to protecting biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest.
The Invasive Species Mapper is a citizen-science smartphone app that crowdsources invasive species detection to give managers information on their current extent and spread.
The Monitoring Forest Dynamics to Enable Biodiversity Conservation in the Amazon service - now completed - helped introduce "TerraBio," a monitoring tool to assess the impact of private sector engagement on biodiversity conservation in the Amazon.
The Monitoring of Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon service produces near real-time information on deforestation and mining activity in the southern Peruvian Amazon.
The Ecological Modeling Service uses select data sources, derived products, and modeling techniques to better understand the distribution and spread of invasive species.
The Ecosystem Services Modeling in the Amazon's Forest-Agricultural Interface service provides accurate maps for stakeholders and decision-makers to understand how agricultural production can lead to deforestation, particularly due to palm oil and cacao production.
Quantifying the Effects of Forest Changes on Provisioning and Regulating Ecosystem Services is a service that allows stakeholders to better understand the tradeoffs between development activities and ecosystem services.
TerraOnTrack is a web application developed as part of this service to help traditional communities and indigenous people to quickly identify potential threats to their territories and monitor illegal activities on the ground.
With a growing population, increased demand for agricultural land and fuel wood are depleting Africa's forests.
Deforestation and habitat fragmentation in the tropics represent major threats to biodiversity and contribute to carbon emissions.