Space Age Technology to Monitor Land Use in the Lower Mekong
Monitoring land cover and land use change is important for land resource planning, maintaining ecosystem services, and for building resilience to climate change.
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Monitoring land cover and land use change is important for land resource planning, maintaining ecosystem services, and for building resilience to climate change.
The Mekong Region Land Governance Project (MRLG), funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, featured land cover maps created by the SERVIR-Mekong team in their 2018 Mekong State of Land Report.
Dr. David Saah (SIG/USFCA), Science and Data Co-Lead for ADPC/SERVIR-Mekong, is profiled.
A new land cover tool originally developed for southeast Asia is now being expanded globally.
Following the launch of the Regional Land Cover Monitoring System (RLCMS) in 2018, developers are releasing an upgraded version resulting from a collaborative effort between SERVIR-Mekong and SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya.
Forest fires have been raging across Northern Thailand for the past month, endangering the lives of animals and people. During the second half of March 2020, a considerable number of fire hotspots were detected within protected forest areas across eight provinces, with the highest concentration in Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son provinces.
The SERVIR program, launched in 2005, connects NASA, U.S. researchers, a network of development partners around the world, and companies like Google to harness the power of satellite observations — helping countries see, with greater clarity, how their environments affect well-being and safety.
Collect Earth Online is a custom built, open-source, satellite image viewing and interpretation system developed by SERVIR, FAO, and other partners as a tool for use in projects that require land cover and/or land use data.
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.