Monitoring Land Cover for Resilient Development
SERVIR-Mekong, along with SilvaCarbon, the US Forest Service and SIG, hosted a Google Earth Engine Training and a second workshop for the Regional Land Cover Monitoring System from 7-14 July 2016.
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SERVIR-Mekong, along with SilvaCarbon, the US Forest Service and SIG, hosted a Google Earth Engine Training and a second workshop for the Regional Land Cover Monitoring System from 7-14 July 2016.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, over 2 billion people rely on forests for shelter, livelihoods, water, food, and fuel security. Forests even help renew our air supply, as they take in large amounts of carbon dioxide and release oxygen.
Deforestation is a critical issue in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean. SERVIR has developed two online mapping and analysis tools to help policymakers in these regions conserve forests.
Recently, the SERVIR-Mekong team added three new tools to aid in the environmental monitoring of the Mekong River Basin.
Landscapes on Earth are changing at unprecedented levels. For scientists, practitioners and environmental decision makers, tracking these changes efficiently and accurately is critical to protecting lives and livelihoods.
Representatives from the SERVIR Science Coordination Office (SCO), international hubs, and Applied Sciences Team (AST) traveled to San Francisco for the Annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 12-16 December 2016.
Earth Observation satellites beam enormous amounts of data to us about our planet every day. To manage and use this Big Data efficiently, scientists and technologists around the world need a way to ‘bite-size’ it.
Countries need accurate land cover data and methods for national-level monitoring of land cover changes and forest loss to inform forest management and policy.
With state-of-the art satellite remote sensing techniques, countries can conduct accurate forest inventories as well as map and monitor land use change.
On March 8, 2017, the American Astronautical Society (AAS) presented the 2016 Earth Science and Applications Award to SERVIR for outstanding achievement in Earth or Environmental Sciences.