Enhancing Drought Resilience in Vietnam
Droughts in the Lower Mekong region cause significant environmental and economic impacts, including loss in agricultural productivity and decreased food and water security.
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Droughts in the Lower Mekong region cause significant environmental and economic impacts, including loss in agricultural productivity and decreased food and water security.
SERVIR scientists discuss the how the Regional Drought Monitoring and Early Warning System is being used in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region.
Enhancing Anticipatory Actions for Disaster and Climate Resilience aims to reduce the loss of lives and damage to properties and crops from floods and droughts by improving early warnings using satellite data and geospatial information.
This video provides an overview of the GEOGloWS tool in Ecuador in English and Spanish. GEOGloWS are web applications for monitoring and forecasting hydrometeorological events using global models, satellite information, and observed data.
The GeoFem: Women in Geospatial Technologies workshop was hosted and organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Central America Aerospace Network (RAC) in San José.
|Lena Pransky, NASA Science Coordination Office
The Regional Drought Monitoring and Outlook System (RDMOS) was developed to help predict, mitigate, and adequately respond to drought vulnerabilities in the HKH region.
NASA astronaut Colonel Frank Rubio met with more than 200 young students at the Gerardo Barrios University in San Miguel, El Salvador. In 2017, Rubio made history as the first astronaut of Salvadoran descent selected by NASA, and again in 2022 when he launched on his first spaceflight.
SERVIR recently collaborated with the Central American Aerospace Network to lead the Jóvenes Geoespaciales (“Geospatial Youth”) workshop for 45 young students in San Miguel, El Salvador. The students used NASA Earth data and open access tools to create their own projects for local climate resilience, including maps for monitoring crop health, wildfires, and deforestation.
|Lena Pransky, NASA Science Coordination Office
Youth are not only the climate leaders of tomorrow, but their perspectives and innovations are necessary to address climate issues today.
|Lena Pransky and Jacob Ramthun, NASA Science Coordination Office
Enhancing Flood Early Warning Services aims to build the resilience of vulnerable communities in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region by increasing flood forecast lead times that are hosted on an interactive web platform.