SERVIR "SWAAT" team helping water resource managers in Africa
With floods and droughts as two of the most catastrophic natural disasters in the regions it serves, SERVIR strives to be on the cutting edge in addressing challenges related to water.
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With floods and droughts as two of the most catastrophic natural disasters in the regions it serves, SERVIR strives to be on the cutting edge in addressing challenges related to water.
The International Space Apps Challenge hackathon was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 23 to 24 April 2016. The event was hosted and co-organized by the SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya program.
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), hosting the Kathmandu-based SERVIR Hub for the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, has released a new publication summarizing key findings about induced geohazards due to the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.
On July 14, 2016, NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched SERVIR-West Africa, a joint project to strengthen environmental monitoring in West Africa.
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.
On December 14, 2016, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's Dan Irwin received the Rotary Humanitarian STAR Award.
Representatives from the SERVIR Science Coordination Office (SCO), international hubs, and Applied Sciences Team (AST) traveled to San Francisco for the Annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 12-16 December 2016.
On January 18, 2017, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Predication and Applications Centre (ICPAC) signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding.
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.