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MapBiomas

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MapBiomas is a Brazilian collaborative network of non-governmental organizations, universities, and technology start-ups focused on remote sensing and vegetation mapping to produce land use and land cover assessments. With their maps, it becomes possible to evaluate environmental changes in Brazilian territory at a 30-meter resolution.

By Danilo Urzedo / Noel Chung

08 April 2022

Fire

MapBiomas Fire presents the impacts of fire in Brazil over 36 years. In each of these years, Brazil burned an area larger than England - 150,957 sq kilometres per year.

Screenshot of MapBiomas fire platform. Image source: MapBiomas [screenshot]. Retrieved 8 April, 2022 from https://mapbiomas.org/

By Danilo Urzedo

08 April 2022

Water

MapBiomas Water assesses satellite images of the Brazilian territory between 1985 and 2020 and indicates a clear trend of loss of water surface in all hydrographic regions of the country.

Screenshot of MapBiomas water platform. Image source: MapBiomas [screenshot]. Retrieved 8 April, 2022 from https://mapbiomas.org/

By Danilo Urzedo / Jennifer Gabrys

08 April 2022

Land Use and Land Cover

MapBiomas provides a historical series of annual land cover and uses in each Brazilian biome over the last 35 years. This mapping system is able to validate deforestation data and monitor mining activities, infrastructure developments, soil degradation in pastureland and forest regeneration .

Screenshot of MapBiomas platform. Image source: MapBiomas [screenshot]. Retrieved 8 April, 2022 from https://mapbiomas.org/

Fire

Water

Land Use and Land Cover

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