Articles & Stories Could Satellites Help Head Off a Locust Invasion? A single desert locust can consume its body weight in vegetation in one day. When 40 million of them gather, they can devour as much food as 35,000 people. April 14, 2020
Articles & Stories SERVIR Launches Service Catalogue of User-Tailored Geospatial Services The newly-launched SERVIR Service Catalogue is improving access to geospatial services to inform decision making and improve resilience in critical areas like food security, water management, disaster resilience, and sustainable land and ecosystem management. February 10, 2019
Articles & Stories Finding the Ephemeral: Satellite Data Guide Pastoralists to Water The Ferlo region of north-central Senegal is a vast expanse of dry savannah covering over a third of the country's total area. For pastorlists, this makes finding water an annual challenge. July 17, 2018
Articles & Stories Putting Needs First: the SERVIR Service Planning Approach 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. July 13, 2018