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SERVIR Africa to be launched 21 November, Nairobi
17 November 2008, 6:03pm
On 21 November, in Nairobi, Kenya, a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony will take place to officially open the SERVIR Africa regional node, at the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD).
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. With support from USAID and NASA, 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.).
The Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) in Nairobi, Kenya is newly hosting the East-Africa node. A similar node already is operational in Central America, under the management of the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC - www.servir.net) in Panama.
For more details, contact:
Byron A. Okubasu Anangwe
Product Development Officer - RCMRD
Nairobi,Kenya
banangwe@rcmrd.org
TEL:+254 722 357528
Mobile: +254 20 8560227/1775/0265
FAX:+254 20 8561673
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