Articles & Stories Three Ways SERVIR is Supporting Biodiversity in the Amazon May 22 is World Biodiversity Day, and this year we’re highlighting SERVIR’s commitment to protecting biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest. May 22, 2023
Articles & Stories SERVIR Boosts Forecasting Power in South America SERVIR's Dr. Jim Nelson and Jorge Luis Sánchez, both of Brigham Young University (BYU), are helping government agencies in South America develop web tools for meteorology and hydrology forecasts. May 18, 2022
Articles & Stories Detecting Forest Degradation with CEO's Geo-Dash Users of Collect Earth Online (CEO) around the world are taking advantage of a CEO feature called the Geo-Dash Degradation Tool that allows them to monitor forest degradation, a major source of carbon emissions. June 17, 2021
Articles & Stories Pathways to Re-boost Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, and Land Use in Southeast Asia The United States Agency for International Development's Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) recently released "Commodity-Driven Forest Loss: A Study of Southeast Asia," a report exploring trade-offs between agricultural production and forest conservation. April 20, 2021
Articles & Stories Protecting Amazonia Forests by Mapping Forest Degradation Using Cloud-Penetrating Satellite Imagery One of the major challenges in monitoring forests is identifying forest degradation processes. Recent years have seen advancements in satellite remote sensing technology, which has in turn revealed changed patterns of illegal deforestation activity in the Amazon rainforest. August 4, 2020