Mapbiomas Brasil

Data on enforcement show that impunity still prevails in the fight against deforestation

MapBiomas launches new platform that monitors public data on deforestation enforcement by the federal government and in five states

MapBiomas

MapBiomas is a multi-institutional initiative involving universities, NGOs and technology companies that have come together to contribute to understanding the transformations of the Brazilian territory through the annual mapping of land cover and land use in Brazil

The native grasslands of the Pampa under threat

Satellite images indicate that soy cultivation has advanced over areas of the biome in the last 36 years

São Francisco has lost 50% of its water surface in the last three decades

Human action alone may be insufficient to maintain the resource in the region

MapBiomas Award announces winners of the 4th edition

In all, 139 works from Brazil and abroad were submitted in four categories

Stay In

Deforestation
Learn how the Deforestation Surveillance Monitor works

New MapBiomas platform consolidates data on deforestation enforcement actions in Brazil. Watch the video
Preservation
Indigenous Lands contribute to the preservation of forests

In the last 30 years, indigenous lands lost only 1% of their native vegetation area, while in private areas the loss was 20.6%
recognition
MapBiomas receives Skoll Award for Social Innovation

Award is the largest and most traditional in the world for social innovators and the third sector
30 years
São Francisco has lost 50% of its water surface

Human action alone may be insufficient to maintain the resource, especially considering low rainfall scenarios

Highlights

REVIEWED HISTORICAL SERIES

MapBiomas Collection 6 data show the 36 years (1985 to 2020) of Brazil's annual land cover and use maps on a 30 m scale with improvements in accuracy in the biomes and new classes of agriculture. The new limit of biomes on a scale of 1:250,000 from IBGE has already been used and has 25 mapped classes.

DEFORESTATION AND SECONDARY VEGETATION

Deforestation and secondary vegetation growth data for all Brazilian biomes from 1988 to 2018, including classification between native vegetation types and successional stage - primary or secondary native vegetation.

MINING INFORMATION

New data published on the evolution of industrial mining and mining areas from 1985 to 2020.

IRRIGATION AND GRASSLAND QUALITY

Check out new features and layers of information, such as the evolution of the irrigation area and the evaluation of pasture quality in Brazil.

THE IMPACT OF FIRE

Data from Collection 1 of MapBiomas Fogo present the impacts of fire on the national territory over 36 years (1985 and 2020). In each of these years, Brazil burned an area larger than that of England: 150,957 km² per year, or 1.8% of the country. The accumulated result for the period reaches practically one fifth of the national territory: 1,672,142 km², or 19.6% of Brazil, with 65% of the total burned area being native vegetation.

WATER SURFACE REDUCTION

Where is the water that was here? Data from Collection 1 of MapBiomas Água presents the analysis of satellite images of the entire national territory between 1985 and 2020 and indicates a clear trend of loss of water surface in all hydrographic regions, in all biomes of the country.