The MapBiomas is an initiative of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation System (SEEG) from the Climate Observatory's and is produced by a collaborative network of co-creators made up of NGOs, universities and technology companies organized by biomes and cross-cutting themes.

BIOMES COORDINATION:

• Amazon – Institute of People and Environment of the Amazon (IMAZON)
• Caatinga – Feira de Santana State University (UEFS), Northeast Plants Association (APNE) e GeoDatin
• Cerrado – Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
• Atlantic Forest – SOS Mata Atlantica Foundation and ArcPlan
• Pampa – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and GeoKarten
• Pantanal – SOS Pantanal Institute and ArcPlan

CROSS-CUTTING THEMES COORDINATION:

• Pasture – Federal University of Goiás (LAPIG/UFG)
• Agriculture – Remap
• Coastal Zone and Mining – Vale Technological Institute (ITV) / Solved
• Urban Areas– University of São Paulo (QUAPÁ-FAU/ USP and YBY), Federal University of Bahia and Federal University of São Carlos (NEEPC) 

TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS:

• Google
• EcoStage
• ecode

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS:

• Arapyaú Institute
• AVINA Foundation
• WRI Brasil
• MapBiomas Support Institute (IAMap)

Technical Coordination: Marcos Rosa (ArcPlan)

Scientific Coordination: Julia Shimbo (IPAM)

General Coordination: Tasso Azevedo (Observatório do Clima)

Independent Committee of Scientific Advice:

Current members

• Alexandre Camargo Coutinho (Embrapa)
• Edson Eygi Sano (IBAMA)
• Gerd Sparovek (Universidade de São Paulo)
• Leila Maria Garcia Fonseca (INPE)
• Liana Oighenstein Anderson (CEMADEN)
• Marina Hirota (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)

Former members

• Gilberto Camara Neto (INPE)
• Joberto Veloso de Freitas (Universidade Federal do Amazonas)
• Matthew C. Hansen (Universidade de Maryland)
• Mercedes Bustamante (Universidade de Brasília)
• Timothy Boucher (TNC)
• Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr (Clark University)

Technical Partners:

• Brasil I.O
• Institute of Agricultural and Forest Management and Certification - Imaflora (IMAFLORA)
• Energy and Environment Institute (IEMA)
• Socioambiental Institute (ISA)
• Life Center Institute (ICV)
• Institute for Democracy and Sustainability (IDS)
• The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
• WWF Brasil

FINANCING:

List of funding organizations that have provided support to the MapBiomas Project in one or more years since 2015.

• Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
• Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA)
• Amazon Fund [+info]
• Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC)
• Good Energies Foundation
• Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
• Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)
• Arapyaú Institute
• Institute for Climate and Society (ICS)
• Humanize Institute (H.I.)
• Montepelier Foundation
• Mulago Foundation
• OAK Foundation
• Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF)
• Walmart Foundation (USA)
• Sequoia Climate Foundation
• Skoll Foundation

Supporting users:

MapBiomas users who contribute to the platform's funding. Find out more. Support us too!

• Carrefour
• Marfrig
• JBS

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