SERVIR

A joint development initiative of NASA and USAID, SERVIR works in partnership with leading regional organizations world-wide to help developing countries use information provided by Earth-observing satellites and geospatial technologies to manage climate risks and land use. SERVIR empowers decision-makers with tools, products, and services to act locally on climate-sensitive issues such as disasters, agriculture, water, ecosystems, and land use.

SERVIR is improving awareness, increasing access to information, and supporting analysis to help people in Amazonia, West Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, Hindu Kush-Himalaya, and Lower Mekong regions manage food security, water resources, land use change, and natural disasters. With activities in more than 45 countries and counting, SERVIR has already developed over 70 custom tools, collaborated with over 200 institutions, and trained almost 3000 individuals, improving the capacity to develop local solutions.

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To help authorities better monitor and manage forest fires, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, developed a two-day fire outlook that provides a general index of fire risk throughout Nepal’s forests.

En las zonas más remotas de esta región, los efectos del cambio climático incluyen lluvias menos previsibles, temperaturas más cálidas y cambios en la humedad, afectando gravemente a las 1.5 millones de personas pertenecientes a pueblos indígenas que viven dentro del bioma amazónico.

María Elena Paredes, líder ashéninka de Ucayali, en Perú, discute sobre mapas en un taller con la científica Yunuen Reygadas (detrás de María Elena) y otras comuneras. Foto: Reynaldo Vela.

Under the USAID and NASA–funded SERVIR-Amazonia activity, scientists are working to understand how deforestation, forest degradation, and road construction affect biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, as well as to develop data and tools to support residents in achieving sustainability in the region.