Fact Sheet: Desert Locust Monitoring
This fact sheet highlights how SERVIR is using satellite data to pinpoint breeding locations for locusts so that the pests can be eradicated before they take flight.
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This fact sheet highlights how SERVIR is using satellite data to pinpoint breeding locations for locusts so that the pests can be eradicated before they take flight.
The crucial role forests play in our world cannot be underestimated. To enhance preservation and monitoring of this natural resource, SERVIR and SilvaCarbon launched a series of global workshops this year in West Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, Hindu-Kush Himalaya, and the Lower Mekong region on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applications.
SERVIR Global is using NASA satellites to guide USAID and FAO resources on the ground to fight locusts in east Africa.
For many years, pastoralists in Northern Kenya have been affected by Opuntia stricta, an invasive cactus native to the Caribbean region and commonly referred to as prickly pear.
Forest fires have adverse ecological and economic effects and are a major concern in many countries, including Nepal. During the long, dry summers, Nepal experiences many forest fires. In 2016, a record number of fires were reported killing 15 people and consuming an area of 13,000 square kilometers (1.3 hectares) in the span of just two weeks.
Dr. David Saah (SIG/USFCA), Science and Data Co-Lead for ADPC/SERVIR-Mekong, is profiled.
Dr. Vishwas Chitale, Remote Sensing Analyst - Ecosystems for ICIMOD / SERVIR-HKH, is profiled.
Phoebe Oduor, Thematic Lead - Land Use, Land Cover and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventories at RCMRD / SERVIR-E&SA, is profiled.
Africa Flores, Land Cover Land Use & Ecosystems Thematic Lead / SERVIR-Amazonia Science Coordination Lead for the NASA SERVIR Science Coordination Office, is profiled.
This workshop is the third in a series offered by SERVIR Amazonia focused on using remote sensing to monitor mangroves in Guyana.