SERVIR
SERVIR is a joint venture between NASA and USAID which provides satellite-based Earth observation data and science applications to help developing nations improve their environmental decision making.
The SERVIR initiative integrates satellite observations, ground-based data and forecast models to monitor and forecast environmental changes and to improve response to natural disasters. SERVIR enables scientists, educators, project managers and policy implementers to better respond to a range of issues including disaster management, agricultural development, biodiversity conservation and climate change. Principally supported by NASA and the US Agency of International Development, or USAID, a strong emphasis is placed on partnerships to fortify the availability of searchable and viewable earth observations, measurements, animations, and analysis.
SERVIR originally began in 2004 as a collaborative effort among NASA, USAID, World Bank and the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD). A SERVIR coordination office and rapid prototyping facility is located at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Regional SERVIR hubs are located at the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean, or CATHALAC, in Panama (since 2005) and the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development, or RCMRD, based in Kenya (since 2008), and the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, or ICIMOD, located in Kathmandu, Nepal (since 2010). Hubs also are planned for other developing regions of the world.
Website: http://www.servirglobal.net/
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