Articles & Stories Ensuring Resilience for People and Ecosystems Guyana Advances Mangrove Monitoring with Satellite Technology While mangroves ordinarily provide multiple benefits to Guyana's coast, they are currently under threat due to rising sea levels, deforestation, and coastal erosion. June 2, 2020
Articles & Stories Reducing illegal gold mining in the tropical forests of Ghana and Peru A forthcoming collaboration across the Atlantic At the recent global knowledge exchange of SERVIR staff from SERVIR-Amazonia and SERVIR-West Africa exchanged ideas and experiences on services for illegal mining detection. April 10, 2020
Articles & Stories Youth tackle air pollution using satellite data As Thailand's second largest city, Chiang Mai has been facing the problem of haze pollution over the past decade, due to agricultural practices and rapid industrial growth associated with tourism. April 9, 2020
Articles & Stories Enhancing Forest Monitoring Across the Lower Mekong and South Asia Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Applications Forests cover approximately 30 percent of Earth's land surface and play a vital role in the global carbon cycle: forests account for around 72 percent of Earth's terrestrial carbon storage, making vegetation biomass a larger carbon store than the atmosphere. March 12, 2020
Articles & Stories SERVIR Mekong Improves Drought Resilience in Vietnam During a workshop on drought monitoring and forecasting in Ninh Thuan province on July 30, 2019, participants were introduced to SERVIR-Mekong's Regional Drought and Crop Yield Information System (RDCYIS). October 2, 2019