![]() ![]() Technical considerations taken for granted, like accessing the Internet, can be slow and expensive in other countries. ![]() Scientists around the world face very different, and often time-consuming barriers to research. SERVIR works in five hubs across the globe-located in Colombia, Niger, Kenya, Nepal and Thailand-applying satellite data to issues like food security, flood prediction and forest health. The year 2020 marks the 15th anniversary of the SERVIR program, connecting the power of NASA’s vantage point from space to development challenges on the ground. The hub actively supports several initiatives in the country, including helping detect land cover change in protected areas as part of the USAID Greening Prey Lang program, and working with the Mekong River Commission to improve flood mapping. Cambodia is both home to a USAID mission and a focus country for the SERVIR Mekong hub in Bangkok, Thailand. Participants come from almost every continent, with exchanges tending to take place in areas SERVIR works. SAGE is an intensive 5-day experience unlike any other meeting I’ve attended. Representing a wide range of experience and disciplines-from academics to development experts-our shared goal addresses how satellite data is used to help countries tackle some of the most challenging issues here on Earth. This year, over 120 people from the SERVIR network traveled to Siem Reap, Cambodia. On a breezy, 90-degree morning in February-9,000-ish miles away from my office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama-I arrived at the SERVIR Annual Global Exchange (SAGE). Photo Caption: Leah Kucera at SERVIR’s Annual Global Exchange (SAGE) meeting in Cambodia. ![]()
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