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Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC)

Panama's map. Courtesy of NASA
Charter activated for floods in Panama
7th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adpatation. Courtesy of CATHALAC
CATHALAC participates on cities resilience Forum
Participants of the Technical Advisory Mission to Honduras
UN-SPIDER conducts Technical Advisory Mission to Honduras

CATHALAC’s participation as a Regional Support Office for UN-SPIDER includes promoting the development and strengthening of national capacities in Latin American and the Caribbean countries, providing horizontal cooperation and technical assistance to the countries and organizations involved in disaster prevention and mitigation, as well as generating and sharing knowledge for the use of valuable space-based information in the decision making processes. CATHALAC implements the Regional Visualization and Monitoring System (SERVIR) in Mesoamerica in close cooperation with the environmental authorities of the region, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other members of the international scientific community.

Find a complete list at: https://www.cathalac.int/educacion.html

  • Climate change modeling
  • Integrated water resource management
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Remote sensing
  • Geographic information systems
  • Vulnerability assessment

See: http://www.servir.net/

Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean
111 Ciudad del Saber
P.O. Box
Panama City, Panama
Tel: +507-317-3200
Fax: +507-317-3299
servir@cathalac.org
https://www.cathalac.int
http://www.servir.net
http://www.facebook.com/cathalac
https://twitter.com/cathalac
http://www.youtube.com/user/CATHALACTV

Contact Information

Mail: educacion@cathalac.int
Phone: (+507) 317-3200
Director General: Dr. Freddy Picado Traña

 

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