SERVIR integrates satellite observations and predictive models with other geographic information (sensor and field-based) to monitor and forecast ecological changes and respond to natural disasters. This evolving regional visualization and monitoring platform is being established in Africa to improve scientific knowledge and decision-making in a range of application areas (e.g., biodiversity conservation, disaster management, agricultural development, climate change adaptation, etc.). In 2008, NASA and CATHALAC partnered with the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) based in Nairobi, Kenya, and together they began setting up SERVIR's East Africa node. The SERVIR-Africa project is building upon RCMRD’s existing strengths, and augmenting RCMRD’s data management and training capability. Efforts complement RCMRD’s core mission and provide a springboard for the development of applications customized for RCMRD’s member states.
*** SERVIR-Africa community news - entries posted in May 2010
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- Now available for download: South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas
- NARSS Egyptsat-1 satellite image catalog portal
- Plume from Nyiragongo
- Dust storm over Egypt and Libya
- Liberia preparing for a land cadastre
- NAVTEQ and Tracks4Africa launch off-road digital map
- Call for manuscripts - Climate Change Book Project UNECA and ICSU Regional Office for Africa
- Call for papers - African Regional Perspectives, Sustainability Science Journal
- Tanzania Biodiversity Information Facility (TanBIF) portal
- Bio-informatics hub established in Guinea
- Near-real-time AIRS imagery of central African dust storm in March 2010
- CGIS-NUR to develop spatial data sharing policy document
- GIS/IPC cartographic protocols training in East and Central Africa
- Standardized FAO-LCCS land cover mapping in heterogeneous tree savannas of West Africa
- AEGOS Mid-term Conference: Spatial Data Infrastructure for Geo-resources in Africa
- AARSE Conference, abstract deadline extended to 30 May 2010
- Cyberseminar on RS for population-environment research, 10-21 May 2010
- Latest SDI-Africa newsletter (May 2010)
- UN/Italy Long-term Fellowship Programme on GNSS and Related Applications
- Great Escarpment, South Africa
- Sahara dust storm