Fact Sheet: Desert Locust Monitoring
This fact sheet highlights how SERVIR is using satellite data to pinpoint breeding locations for locusts so that the pests can be eradicated before they take flight.
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This fact sheet highlights how SERVIR is using satellite data to pinpoint breeding locations for locusts so that the pests can be eradicated before they take flight.
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.
To sustainably manage forest landscapes, governments and decision makers need accurate and up-to-date information on the extent of the forests they manage and the ways they are changing.
Youth are not only the climate leaders of tomorrow, but their perspectives and innovations are necessary to address climate issues today. SERVIR is working with a global network of partners to ensure that all members of a community, including youth, are engaged in climate action.
|Lena Pransky and Jacob Ramthun, NASA Science Coordination Office