USAID Geospatial Strategy
USAID’s 2024-2028 Geospatial Strategy promotes leveraging the power of geospatial data and technology to target the delivery of international programs.
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USAID’s 2024-2028 Geospatial Strategy promotes leveraging the power of geospatial data and technology to target the delivery of international programs.
Through the Improving the Mekong River Commission's (MRC) Regional Flood Forecasting Service, SERVIR Mekong supported the MRC to use new-generation satellite-derived precipitation products to increase flood forecast accuracy.
The Mitigating Impacts and Increasing Benefits from Changing River Courses in Myanmar service supported national agencies in monitoring changing river courses and planning riverbank protection measures to mitigate localized impacts to infrastructure.
The Supporting Water Resources Management in Vietnam Service supported national agencies in assessing the impacts of climate change and basin development on water availability through a web-based integrated water resources model for basin management.
The Mekong River is a trans-boundary river system originating in Tibet and spanning China and five countries in Southeast Asia. It is important to monitor the amount of suspended sediment -- a key indicator of water quality -- in the river at various locations via in situ collections and visible satellite imagery.
Densely populated communities living along low-lying deltas in Southeast Asia are dependent on the underground water stores these deltas provide for their livelihoods. Read about recent SERVIR activities toward helping this region use NASA's publicly available satellite data to support decision making on water resources issues.
Recently, the SERVIR-Mekong team added three new tools to aid in the environmental monitoring of the Mekong River Basin.
VAWR, which operates under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), is the leading institute for water resources, research and development within Vietnam.
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.