Fortifying Forest Fire Forecasting for Nepal
Between January 1st and June 16, 2023, Nepal experienced 118% more forest fires than it had in all of 2022.
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Between January 1st and June 16, 2023, Nepal experienced 118% more forest fires than it had in all of 2022.
Bangladesh is a densely populated country where most people live in rural areas, and land management is critical to their well-being.
|Kabir Uddin, SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya
Through SERVIR, USAID and NASA play a key role in supporting the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE). Our work was recently highlighted in the new White House publication “Helping the World PREPARE: A Primer on U.S. International Adaptation and Resilience.”
USAID’s 2024-2028 Geospatial Strategy promotes leveraging the power of geospatial data and technology to target the delivery of international programs.
SERVIR will be at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall conference December 11 - 15, 2023. We have compiled a list of SERVIR affiliated colleagues who will be presenting throughout the week. Please come and meet us at our talks and posters.
The end of one year and the start of the next provides an opportunity to reflect on past achievements and future goals. In 2023, the SERVIR network worked with local partners in the design and implementation of numerous geospatial services to address complex challenges related to climate change.
Rainforests are some of Earth’s most vulnerable ecosystems, but also some of the most difficult to monitor. With support from SERVIR, experts in Costa Rica are increasingly using radar to see through the clouds that make rainforests so hard to study. What they learn may help guide other countries in the future.
|Jacob Ramthun and Lena Pransky, NASA Science Coordination Office
Nepal’s National Land Cover Monitoring System represents a pivotal achievement and is poised to significantly enhance the country’s climate data and efforts to cut emissions and adapt to climate change. This system is important for assessing and overseeing the ever-changing landscape, which is crucial for the sustainable stewardship of Nepal’s natural resources.
|Jaber Hassan and Sajana Maharjan, SERVIR HKH
Mangrove forests do a lot of heavy lifting to mitigate the effects of coastal flooding. As NASA turns the spotlight on oceans this Earth Day, learn how the joint NASA-USAID SERVIR program is using Earth satellites to support these unique ecosystems that protect 15% of the world’s coasts.
|Stephanie A. Jiménez, Christine Evans, Vanesa Martín, Jacob Ramthun
SERVIR improves local and regional capacity to provide tools, products, and services that empower decision makers to better address critical issues related to food security, water resources, natural disasters, land use, and extreme weather. Building on thirteen years of experience, SERVIR has grown in its geographical reach and has adapted its approach based on lessons learned.