SUCCESS STORIES
Visit to Thomas Barnardo House (Kenya Children’s...
In commemoration of the International Day of Charity, staff of the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) visited Thomas Barnardo House (Kenya Children’s Home (KCH)).
They donated assorted goods including assorted clothes and books, diapers, bar soaps, cooking oil, s...
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RCMRD Staff in Tree Planting Drive
Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development staff planted more than 200 trees in the expansive 15 acre compound of the Centre. The exercise was in line with environment protection and took place last Friday during a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiated by the management.
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Flood Modeling Tools used in more African...
Floods are among the most devastating natural disasters in the Eastern Africa region. Having a negative impact on human lives and infrastructure, floods can do away with entire communities as well as a significant amount of the resources required in the process of rebuilding. As a result, RCMRD/...
RCMRD’s Land Cover Mapping group to support...
SERVIR-Eastern & Southern Africa’s Land Cover Mapping for GHG Inventories project has significantly improved the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development’s (RCMRD) level of expertise in land cover and land use mapping. As a result, RCMRD is considered a highly rel...
Malawi Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas Launched
The first hazards and vulnerability Atlas was launched on Tuesday 18th August, 2015 in Lilongwe, Malawi. The Atlas was officially launched by the Principal Secretary of Disaster Management Affairs, Malawi, in the presence of the Principal Secretary of Lands, Housing & Urban Development, Malawi...
RCMRD Space Challenge 2017 engages young people...
The RCMRD Space Challenge 2017 Awards Ceremony was held on July 7, 2017, at the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) in Nairobi, Kenya.
The challenge was in three parts: orientation for teachers, installation of automatic weather stations in select schools, and recordi...
RCMRD serving geospatial data to the Eastern...
Story written by Patrick Kabatha of RCMRD/SERVIR.
SERVIR-Eastern and Southern Africa has recently generated several new data products and services for a variety of purposes and geographic locations. These products and services are important to diverse users in RCMRD member states and beyond.
For t...
Monitoring of the Environment for Security in...
MESAProject Objective
MESA programme in the IGAD region aims to enhance land degradation and natural habitats assessment and Forest Monitoring for sustainable management of environmental resources. This is achieved during the developing of operational geo-information services and by strengthening t...
Eastern Africa Forest Observatory
Full Name of Project: Eastern Africa Forest ObservatoryAbbreviation of Project Name: OFESA
Project Objective
The overall objective of OFESA is to strengthen existing institutions and networks in the tropical regions in their capacity to report on their mitigation actions in the forest sector in th...
SLEEK
Project Title: Land Cover Change Mapping to Support the System for Land Based Emissions Estimation in Kenya (SLEEK)Country implemented: KenyaDescriptionThe System for Land-based Emissions Estimation in Kenya (SLEEK) is a government of Kenya program to develop a robust and credible system for estimat...
