SERVIR Applied Sciences Team helping African countries track and protect forests
With a growing population, increased demand for agricultural land and fuel wood are depleting Africa's forests.
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With a growing population, increased demand for agricultural land and fuel wood are depleting Africa's forests.
Results of a SERVIR Applied Sciences Team (AST) project are helping to identify areas where reforestation will help endangered species of great apes.
Team members of the NASA/USAID SERVIR program converged in Huntsville, Alabama, for a special workshop 18-22 April 2016.
The Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) in Nairobi and its partner organization, SERVIR-Eastern and Southern Africa, hosted two-day stakeholders’ and consultations workshops from 23-31 May 2016 in Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania, respectively.
Through SERVIR, NASA's Earth Science Division's Applied Sciences Program advances the use of space-based observations to inform policy and decision makers as they adapt to the impacts of global change and plan for a sustainable future.
SERVIR team members from the SERVIR-Eastern & Southern Africa hub in Nairobi, Kenya, and the SERVIR Science Coordination Office in Huntsville, AL, converged in San Diego, CA, 27 June-1 July 2016 for the Esri International Users Conference.
Deforestation and habitat fragmentation in the tropics represent major threats to biodiversity and contribute to carbon emissions.
Sixteen scientists from across the country converged at the SERVIR Coordination Office (SCO) in Huntsville, Alabama, last week for three days of intensive discussions. These members of the newly chosen SERVIR Applied Sciences Team are kicking off new projects in SERVIR hub regions
On September 22, 2016, SERVIR NASA Global Program Manager Dan Irwin delivered the prestigious Schermerhorn Lecture at the Opening of the Academic Year 2016-2017 of the University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, over 2 billion people rely on forests for shelter, livelihoods, water, food, and fuel security. Forests even help renew our air supply, as they take in large amounts of carbon dioxide and release oxygen.