by Ana Acosta | Aug 5, 2024 | English, Gender
From July 29 to August 2, the Gender and Social Inclusion Week (GESI) was held at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, located in Huntsville, Alabama (USA), to advance the integration of gender and social inclusion approaches in the SERVIR-Amazonia program...
by Ana Acosta | Jul 21, 2024 | Ecuador, English
Fundación EcoCiencia carried out the first phase of training for technicians from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) within the framework of the SERVIR-Amazonia program, to conclude with the delivery of the Spatiotemporal Monitoring of Water Erosion (MEEH...
by Ana Acosta | Jun 18, 2024 | Brazil, English
By Lena Pransky It may seem like farming is the enemy when it comes to preventing deforestation in the Amazon—and with good reason. The expansion of large-scale farming and cattle ranching is a leading cause of deforestation. However, the role of small-scale farming...
by Ana Acosta | Jun 16, 2024 | English, Peru
SERVIR-Amazonia II officially began operations at a workshop held in Lima between May 29 and 31. Representatives from the center, as well as from USAID and NASA, met to discuss the first activities to be implemented within the framework of the 2024 work plan. This...
by Ana Acosta | May 31, 2024 | English, Peru
Within the framework of the SERVIR-Amazonia program, professionals from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States of America – NASA and the United States Agency for International Development – USAID, visited the Los Amigos Conservation...
by Ana Acosta | May 16, 2024 | Ecuador, English, Uncategorized
To make visible the work of women in spatial data science and how they use it in their work, R-Ladies and Fundación EcoCiencia, as part of the commemoration of Women’s Day, held the event “Women in Spatial Data Science”, on May 7, 2024. The invited speakers...