Welcome to the August 2019 issue of the SERVIR Global e-newsletter! In it, we share updates and stories from this joint USAID-NASA initiative, now in its 15th year of connecting Earth observations, science, and technology with the needs of development practitioners and leading technical organizations in five regions across Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
In this issue, discover the handbook that is helping people use the unique capabilities of Synthetic Aperture Radar for forest conservation and biomass estimation, new tools to support food security in East Africa, and South and Southeast Asia, and how Earth observations are being used to monitor and better understand deforestation patterns and drivers in the Peruvian Amazon.
On behalf of the SERVIR network,
Dan Irwin
SERVIR Global Program Manager
NASA SERVIR Science Coordination Office