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Geospatial services and gender dynamics: Findings of a study
The study, now available in full text in Spanish, examines gender dynamics in the Amazon to ensure that development projects that use geospatial services are inclusive, reach and benefit women and men living in the Amazon.
Rondônia, fourth Brazilian state to join the SERVIR-Amazonia Program
The collaboration between SEDAM and SERVIR-Amazônia aims to reduce the environmental, economic and social impacts of climate-sensitive issues related to fires and droughts, and other issues that may affect ecosystem services and biodiversity in the region.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: A celebration of new talented professionals at SERVIR-Amazonia
Peeping inside the problems behind the pixels and helping to solve them. On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the new talented professionals at SERVIR-Amazonia.
Not too late for goodbyes
For SERVIR-Amazonia, the support from this group of dedicated and highly skilled professionals led by Anthony Panella has been a game changer. We have been able to apply lessons learnt from past SERVIR experiences since the early stages of our Program, mainly in the area of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning, Communications and Knowledge Management.
Capacitación para el monitoreo y alertas hidrológicas en todo el Ecuador
Del 24 al 28 de enero el Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología INAMHI y la Fundación EcoCiencia, realizaron el taller de entrenamiento virtual: “GEOGloWS ECMWF Streamflow Services (GESS), Hydroserver Lite & Water Data Explorer”. Este taller permitirá que el modelo GEOGloWS (para la simulación y pronóstico de caudales en ríos) sea implementado por el INAMHI para el monitoreo y alertas hidrológicas en todo el Ecuador.
SERVIR-Amazonia y sus socios en Perú, comprometidos con el fortalecimiento de capacidades y el codesarrollo de servicios geoespaciales
En Perú, 2021 terminó para SERVIR-Amazonia con un claro avance en la construcción de los planes de trabajo para 2022 y la perspectiva de los siguientes pasos en materia de codesarrollo de servicios geoespaciales actuales. Una delegación del Programa visitó a sus socios del 13 al 15 de diciembre con el fin de reafirmar los lazos de colaboración.
UI/UX and machine learning are improving SERVIR-Amazonia geospatial applications
SERVIR-Amazonia teams who co-develop geospatial services have the incredible opportunity to receive support from NASA-funded Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). This year the needs that partners expressed related to user interface (UI/UX) design to make geospatial applications more user friendly, and to apply machine learning strategies
The SERVIR Service Planning Toolkit: Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting to use geospatial technology for improved environmental decision-making
This blog post, adapted from SERVIR’s submission to the USAID 2021 CLA Case competition, presents the challenges SERVIR sought to address through CLA, how the initiative’s Service Planning toolkit institutionalized CLA approaches, and recommendations for other development initiatives based on SERVIR’s experience.
Arizona State University and SERVIR-Amazonia, allies of women professionals in Geospatial Information Systems – GIS
The alliance between Arizona State University (ASU) and SERVIR-Amazonia is intended for professional women in GIS to strengthen their capacities and become multiplier agents who apply what they have learned in their own projects.
Estrechando lazos de colaboración con socios de SERVIR-Amazonia en Ecuador
Un nuevo convenio firmado y el gusto de definir próximos pasos de colaboración de manera presencial con socios en Ecuador es el balance de la visita hecha a este país del 15 al 18 de noviembre de 2021…