Mapbiomas Brasil

The transformations in Agriculture, Forestry and Irrigation

Themed webinar presents data from Collection 6 and discusses with guests. Watch

MapBiomas Amazônia: loss of vegetation cover in 36 years is equivalent to one Chile

Experts warn that the biome could reach breaking point this decade if the pace of destruction continues

Land cover changes increase the risk of desertification of the Caatinga

Check out the main updated data on the biome

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

Brazilian pastures occupy an area equivalent to the entire state of Amazonas

Pasture area grew 200% in the Amazon in the last 36 years

Pantanal lost 29% of water surface area between 1988 and 2018

Webinar presented the updated land cover and land use data of the biome

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.