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[00:01.88]Satellite technology is the newest tool for helping developing countries 
[00:08.72]deal with climate change and natural disasters.   
[00:13.96]Satellites can measure conditions on the ground 
[00:17.72]and share the data with communities.  
[00:21.84]A partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 
[00:29.36]and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)  
[00:36.96]has developed such a system called SERVIR.   
[00:41.84]SERVIR captures images and environmental data,
[00:46.64] like dangerous weather and changes in water resource use.   
[00:53.08]Scientists feed that information into complex computer programs. 
[00:59.92]The results of the analysis are shared with people 
[01:04.16]living in the affected areas, as well as governments and organizations, 
[01:10.60]to help them react and prepare.     
[01:13.95]Dan Irwin is the director of the NASA SERVIR Coordination Office.  
[01:22.16]He told VOA Learning English 
[01:24.80]that the SERVIR project shares important information with countries all over the world.  
[01:32.16]"So the main goal of SERVIR, really, is taking space-based information 
[01:36.64]and making it available to people around the world so they can really address
[01:40.68] issues that they have in their countries, whether it be 
[01:44.00]deforestation, air quality... and bringing it down to village 
[01:48.52]and making it available to people for better decision-making...   
[01:51.85]We need to be able to convert that data ... to address the cares and concerns 
[01:55.96]that countries have around the world. 
[01:57.92]And as NASA we can work with countries ... but it's then, 
[02:01.36]¡®How do we take it even further? How do we go from space to country, 
[02:06.44]down to state or provincial level, 
[02:09.00]down to the village level?'"  
[02:11.12]Jennifer Frankel-Reed is the Senior Climate Change Specialist for USAID.  
[02:19.88]She explained how SERVIR has helped warn Bangladeshis  of flooding, 
[02:26.23]and prevented people in El Salvador from eating unsafe seafood.     
[02:32.20] In Kenya, which depends heavily on tea farming, 
[02:36.84]farmers have avoided losing crops to rising temperatures.   
[02:42.20]"The idea is that through our local partnerships with 
[02:45.84]hubs, we can bring that data, analyze it ways that people can use, 
[02:50.40]translate it into easy to use formats and then help people 
[02:54.28]with the decisions that those data inform."
[02:57.24]Developed in 2004, SERVIR brought together the U.S. agencies 
[03:04.16]with the World Bank and Central American 
[03:07.96]Commission on Environment and Development. 
[03:11.32]The first hub was established in Panama in 2005, 
[03:16.84]but was closed in 2011. 
[03:20.12]Other hubs were established in Kenya, 
[03:23.24]Nepal and Thailand between 2008 and 2014.  
[03:30.00]Both Mr. Irwin and Ms. Frankel-Reed said the project's goal 
[03:35.44]was to empower people with information to help them grow.   
[03:40.28]"We hope to continue to expand... 
[03:42.24]but ultimately and absolutely the most important thing 
[03:45.72]about SERVIR is... enabling 
[03:48.64]amazing people around the world."  
[03:50.84]The project now operates in more than 30 countries.  
[03:56.36]I'm Jill Robbins. 
[03:59.40]Now it's your turn. 
[04:01.00]Are science and technology important 
[04:03.76]for how your country makes decisions? 
[04:07.20]How does your country work 
[04:08.72]with the global scientific community? 
[04:12.20]Let us know in the comments section.