Tracking the changing landscape of Eastern and Southern Africa
Countries need accurate land cover data and methods for national-level monitoring of land cover changes and forest loss to inform forest management and policy.
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Countries need accurate land cover data and methods for national-level monitoring of land cover changes and forest loss to inform forest management and policy.
With state-of-the art satellite remote sensing techniques, countries can conduct accurate forest inventories as well as map and monitor land use change.
On March 8, 2017, the American Astronautical Society (AAS) presented the 2016 Earth Science and Applications Award to SERVIR for outstanding achievement in Earth or Environmental Sciences.
Like many rivers across the world, the Nzoia River in western Kenya pushes over its banks each year. In recent years, to protect lives and property in Kenya, SERVIR-Eastern & Southern Africa (E&SA) at the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) has provided high-accuracy flood level scenario maps to the World Bank to guide their flood protection dike repairs in the region.
SERVIR hubs joined over 185 other locations in 69 countries across the globe in hosting the 2017 NASA International Space Apps Challenge.
Susan Malaso Kotikot, a native of Kenya who came to the U.S. almost 2 years ago to accept a graduate research assistantship and work with SERVIR, wants to help mitigate crop damage by frost – and protect the livelihoods of many Kenyans.
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.
How does one leverage the latest scientific and technological advances to place the power of the Cloud and Earth observations (EO) at the fingertips of researchers based in dynamically changing countries?
SERVIR has been strongly supporting the use of Earth observation technologies by countries in Eastern and Southern Africa to account for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Results of an in-depth, independent evaluation of the SERVIR project were shared at an Adaptation Community Meeting held June 28 at The Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. The evaluation included case studies of nine tools and services from throughout the SERVIR network. This featured article highlights some results and includes a link to the recorded webcast of the event.