MapBiomas: New mapping platform will track annual deforestation in Brazil
▻http://news.mongabay.com/2015/12/mapbiomas-new-mapping-platform-will-track-annual-deforestation-in-bra
A network of over 20 organizations, in collaboration with Google, has launched a new open-access platform called MapBiomas that will map land use and land cover change in Brazil from 1985 to present. MapBiomas was released on November 26.
Currently, data on land use change in Brazil is produced every five to eight years. However, MapBiomas aims to generate “annual maps of land-use, land-use change and forestry in Brazil in the last 30 years and keep it up to date”. The platform will allow users to analyze changes in different terrestrial biomes, such as the Amazon, Cerrado, Caatinga, Pantanal, Pampa and the Atlantic Forest, as well as in agricultural lands, pastures and coastal zones.
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