Institutions

Founded in 1862, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient...

The U.S. Drought Monitor, established in 1999, is a weekly map of drought conditions that is produced jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Drought Mitigation Center (...

In 1879, the United States Geological Survey was created and it is part of the United States Department of the Interior.The USGS is the “largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency” in the United States and...

UCAR is a non-profit consortium of more than 115 North American colleges and univesities focused on reserach and training in the Earth system sciences.We are the experienced managers of the National Center for Atmospheric Research on behalf of the...

The Climate Hazards Center is an alliance of multidisciplinary scientists and food security analysts from the UC Santa Barbara Geography Department, Africa, and Latin America working alongside partners in the US Geological Survey (USGS), the...

The University of El Salvador was founded on Feb. 16, 1841. Approximately 20,000 undergraduate student are enrolled and more than 8,000 graduate students.It is composed of various Faculties and Schools including the Faculty of History, Geography...

The Department of Geography and Resource Development is part of the University of Ghana.

The University of Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences offers several data sources for Remote Sensing and GIS applications.Website: http://www.geog.umd.edu/ 

The Department of Geology of the University of Nairobi offers B.Sc., B.Ed. Science (Geology option), B.Sc. & B.Ed. (Science) by Open and Distance Learning, B.Sc. in Environmental Geosciences, M.Sc., PhD and Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental...

The University of the West Indies established in 1948 initially as an external College of the University of London and made fully independent in 1962, is the oldest, fully regional institution of higher learning in the Commonwealth Caribbean. The...

The University of Washington is a public research university located in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, it is one of six public universities in Washington and one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the United States. Part of the...

The National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) helps people and institutions develop and implement measures to reduce societal vulnerability to drought, stressing preparedness and risk management rather than crisis management.The NDMC’s activities...

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is the primary source of geospatial intelligence for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Intelligence Community. NGA provides geospatial intelligence, in support of U.S. national security and...

Ushahidi is a global non-profit technology company with origins in Kenya. Ushahidi’s mission is the change the way information flows in the world and empower people to make an impact with open source technologies, cross-sector partnerships,...

The Vice-Ministry of Territorial Governance of Peru is a body in charge of the territorial development, decentralization, dialogue and social coordination and territorial demarcation sector, and the vice-ministry was created with the approval of the...