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As we say farewell to 2022, we celebrate “innovations´ use cases” made by our partners
By Sophie Alvarez and Carmen Calle, respectively M&E and Communications leaders in SERVIR-Amazonia, with contributions from Mayesse da Silva, Javier Martin, Jorge Luis Sanchez, Karina Sanchez, Rodrigo Torres, Andrea Puzzi- Nicolau, and Ana María Acosta. To end...
SERVIR-Amazonia holds training event on Environmental Monitoring with Google Earth Engine for its Academic Partner Network members
Partners In November 2022, an online training event "Environmental Monitoring with Google Earth Engine", was held by Conservación Amazónica (ACCA), as part of the SERVIR-Amazonia Program with the support of the Centre for Development and Environment of the University...
22 Empowered women develop skills at Arizona State University
From May 15 to 20, 22 professional women from South America shared an intense face-to-face workshop, organized by the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience Program of Arizona State University (ASU) and the SERVIR-Amazonia Program, entitled "Advancing Women's Prosperity in...
Powerful Amazonian women defending their territory
Erika and Paola, FENAMAD's Forestry Monitors, strengthen the monitoring of their communities with geospatial data During the month of April, the SERVIR-Amazonia Program, with the support of Amazon Conservation (ACCA), a Program partner in Peru, organized a training...
Restoring soils in continental Ecuador, now a more feasible goal with new Digital Chemical Fertility Map
50% of Ecuador's soils are being degraded. This situation demands special attention, as it leads to the reduction of water sources and increases vulnerability to climatic events in agriculture, which puts food security at risk. Faced with this challenge, a 'Digital...
Launching of a new geospatial service to monitor and protect mangroves in Guyana
In Guyana, mangroves are crucial for wave attenuation, and their intricate root systems help in sediment binding. As a result, they lower erosion rates while also acting as a key barrier during severe storms. Mangroves play a vital role in carbon capture and they...
Monitoring & Evaluation of Mangroves in Guyana
Fire Forecasts July-September 2022 (Western Amazon)
July-September 2022 climate forecast points to a mild to slightly above normal fire season in western Amazon, similar to 2021
Fires in the Amazon are the result of human activities that (usually) begin with slash and burn practices to clear the land for the introduction of agro-pastoral activities. For most part, fires occur over non-forest landscapes but can escape to standing forest edges...
Satellite Monitoring Offers New Hope for Controlling Fires to Curb Environmental Damage in the Amazon
A new approach for using satellite data to track and classify fires in and around the Amazon represents a major breakthrough in responding to the hundreds or thousands of fires occurring each day at the peak of the region’s fire season. Because these fires are a major...