First Study Abroad Program on Climate Change and Sustainable Development

First Study Abroad Program on Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Panama City, Panama. The Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) introduces an eight-week Study Abroad Program, focusing on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through professional training, hands-on learning, and cultural immersion, students will embark on ...

Presidentes adoptan Sistema Mesoamericano de Información Territorial

Presidentes adoptan Sistema Mesoamericano de Información Territorial

El SMIT es coordinado por CATHALAC Guanacaste, Costa Rica, 29 de Julio de 2009.- Los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Región Mesoamericana, durante la XI Cumbre del Mecanismo de Diálogo y Concertación de Tuxtla, reafirmaron su disposición de llevar adelante el Sistema Mesoamericano de Informaci...

CATHALAC will strength technical assistance in CA

CATHALAC will strength technical assistance in CA

El Salvador, San Salvador, June 9, 2009. The Director of CATHALAC, Emilio Sempris, held a meeting with Mr. Juan Daniel Aleman Gurdian, Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA, Spanish Acronyms), Orlando Altamirano, Regional Environmental Specialist of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)...

UAH and CATHALAC agree to promote the transfer of knowledge

UAH and CATHALAC agree to promote the transfer of knowledge

(Huntsville, Alabama) On May 5th, 2009, the President of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, U.S.A. (UAH), Dave Williams, and the Director of the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean, Emilio Sempris, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the purpose of supporting the promotion of sustainable develop...

Successful completion of the internship program for environm

Successful completion of the internship program for environm

From April 20th to May 1st 2009, the pilot internship program in Environmental Information Systems directed to officials of the Ministries of Environment of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Dominican Republic, as members of the Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Central America, and the Domini...

Logos SERVIR.net

Sistema Regional de Visualización y Monitoreo. SERVIR provee información crítica para México, Centroamérica, República Dominicana y el este de África. SERVIR es un esfuerzo de NASA, USAID, CATHALAC y CCAD. Para Centroamérica y el Caribe, el equipo de SERVIR en CATHALAC, da respuesta a desastres naturales y amenazas ambientales. El equipo de SERVIR en CATHALAC ha desarrollado un portal geo-espacial en googlemaps, el cual provee acceso a los datos y metadatos de México, Centroamérica y el Caribe. SERVIR cuenta con robustos programas de entrenamientos y construcción de capacidades, que fortalecen el uso de la observación de la tierra y modelos para la toma de decisiones entre oficiales gubernamentales, científicos e investigadores, ONGs, e instituciones académicas.