Blog RCMRD/SERVIR-Eastern and Southern Africa water quality workshop SERVIR E&SA gave a workshop to teach basic skills to work with satellite remote sensing data for water quality assessments in Lake Victoria. May 28, 2015
Articles & Stories LandPKS project launches new mobile apps for agriculture and conservation in Africa Agriculture is critically important in Africa, where about 70 percent of the people depend on farming and other rural activities for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, increasing population pressures are degrading and reducing land and water resources, and hindering agricultural productivity. May 22, 2015
Articles & Stories SERVIR Applied Sciences Team Developing Tool to Evaluate Effectiveness of Forest Conservation in Mesoamerica A SERVIR Applied Sciences Team project led by Allen Blackman of Resources for the Future is developing a user-friendly web-based tool to help non-technical users conduct accurate evaluations using satellite data. April 7, 2015
Articles & Stories Space to Village: SERVIR-Himalaya fusing satellite-based observations with community forestry in Nepal Forested areas are important to our planet's health because they take in large amounts of carbon and release oxygen. When forests are removed or degraded, less carbon is taken from the atmosphere, and the result is increased carbon emissions, which may hasten climate change and increase its impact. March 18, 2015