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Attendees of the USAID GeoCenter Specialist Conference refer to a map of Egypt.
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Understanding Landscapes using Spatial Data

Landscapes and the complex, interlinked spatial units that comprise them are changing at an accelerating rate. Land use change, especially deforestation and forest degradation, are among the main contributors to global greenhouse emissions.
  • Ioana Bouvier, Silvia Petrova, Lovasoalalaina Parson
Farmers preparing fields for planting with mountain range and storm clouds in background.
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Earth Observations Help to Monitor the Impacts of Cyclone Idai on People and Food in Eastern Africa

Cyclone Idai left more than 1,000 people dead and thousands more missing, potentially affecting millions in Southern Africa. As emergency response and recovery efforts continue, another disaster is likely unfolding elsewhere on the continent: Idai pulled precipitation South, away from Eastern Africa, resulting in persistent dry conditions affecting crops at the start of the main growing season. That’s where NASA Earth Observations come in.
  • Agrilinks Team
Mountainous landscape of Malawi with tree-filled field in foreground.
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Shaping Green Growth in Malawi

As my third trip to Malawi in a year came to an end, it was apparent that we have reached a milestone that many might not have thought achievable when we started this project five years ago. On April 4, I attended the launch of Malawi’s new National Greenhouse Gas Inventory System (GHG-IS), where Government of Malawi officials delivered speeches fully endorsing the system. 
  • Blanca Bernal
Satellite image of cow paths in a field
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Finding the Ephemeral: Satellite Data Guide Pastoralists to Water

The Ferlo region of north-central Senegal is a vast expanse of dry savannah covering over a third of the country’s total area. With only a few small, scattered settlements, this region is almost exclusively reserved for pastoralism, both by tradition and government policy.
  • Agrilinks Team