MapBiomas is continuously developing new products and initiatives. Each year, a new collection of land cover and use maps is released, improved and extending to cover the new period. Alongside this, it also hosts events about the collections, featuring external guests and discussions on the work done and the prospects for land use monitoring and its applications in Brazil. realiza eventos sobre as coleções com a participação de convidados externos e com discussões sobre o trabalho realizado e as perspectivas de monitoramento do uso da terra e suas aplicações no Brasil.
9th Annual MapBiomas Seminar – Collection 9 Launch
The MapBiomas Collection 9 data includes 38 years (1985 to 2023) of annual land cover and land use maps of Brazil at a 30-meter scale. Among the updates are the addition of two new classes (flooded forest and oil palm). This collection now features a total of 29 mapped classes, including the new Coral Reefs class. The launch event took place on August 21, 2024, in Brasília, and the full video of the event can be viewed below:
MAPBIOMAS DEGRADATION
This new Beta Module on Degradation from MapBiomas provides annual data on vector-based native vegetation degradation in Brazil from 1986 to 2021. The data are derived from the annual land cover and use maps of MapBiomas Brazil Collection 8 and the fire scar maps of MapBiomas Fire Collection 2. The launch event took place at the headquarters of the National School of Public Administration (Enap) in Brasília, DF, and can be viewed in the video below:
MAPBIOMAS WATER – COLLECTION 3 LAUNCH
Esta é a terceira coleção completa do MapBiomas Água com o mapeamento da superfície de água do Brasil de 1985 a 2023, com dados anuais e mensais para todo o período incluindo: (i) dado no ano e acumulado em um período; (ii) frequência de ocorrência; (iii) transições (ganhos e perdas); (iv) classificação da cobertura do tipo de corpo d’água. O lançamento online ocorreu em 26 de junho de 2024, e pode ser assistindo no vídeo abaixo:
MAPBIOMAS FIRE – COLLECTION 3 LAUNCH
Collection 3 of MapBiomas Fire presents the mapping of fire scars in Brazil from 1985 to 2023, with annual and monthly data for the entire period including: (a) Annual fire occurrence, (b) Monthly fire occurrence, (c) Frequency, (d) Accumulated burned area, (e) Scar size, and (f) Year of last fire occurrence. The collection launch event took place on June 18, 2024, in São Paulo – SP, and can be viewed in the video below:
8TH MAPBIOMAS ANNUAL SEMINAR - COLLECTION 8
MapBiomas Collection 8 data present 38 years of Brazil's annual land use and land cover maps at a 30 m scale. Among the new features are the inclusion of two new classes (Floodable Forest and palm oil). Thus, this collection has a total of 29 mapped classes. The launch event occurred on August 31th, 2023, in Brasília(BR) and can be watched through the video below:
MAPBIOMAS SOIL
The MapBiomas Soil Beta Collection presents annual maps of soil organic carbon (SOC) in Brazil for the period from 1985 to 2021, developed using field-collected soil sample data available in the SoilData repository (http://soildata.mapbiomas.org/) Cross-references with land cover and use data were based on Collection 7.1 of the Annual Land Cover and Use Maps of Brazil series. The launch event took place on June 21, 2023, online, and can be viewed in the video below:
MAPBIOMAS FIRE – COLLECTION 2 LAUNCH
The data from MapBiomas Fire Collection 2 present the impacts of fire on the national territory from 1985 to 2022. During this period, Brazil burned an area equivalent to the combined size of Colombia and Chile. The collection launch event took place on April 26, 2023, at IBAMA headquarters in Brasília – DF, and can be viewed below:
7TH MAPBIOMAS ANNUAL SEMINAR - COLLECTION 7
MapBiomas Collection 7 data present 37 years of Brazil's annual land use and land cover maps at a 30 m scale. This collection has 27 land use classes mapped. The launch event occurred on August 26th in Brasília(BR) and can be watched through the video below:
6TH MAPBIOMAS ANNUAL SEMINAR - COLLECTION 6
The MapBiomas Collection 6 data present the 36 years (1985 to 2020) of Brazil's annual land use and cover maps at a 30 m scale with improvements in biome accuracy and new agriculture classes. In this collection, the new IBGE limit of 1:250,000 scale biomes has already been used and has 25 mapped classes. The launch event took place on August 27, 2021, and can be seen in full below.
MAPBIOMAS WATER – COLLECTION 1 LAUNCH
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 surface water in all hydrographic regions, in all biomes of the country. Check out the event below:
MAPBIOMAS FIRE – COLLECTION 1 LAUNCH
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 England: 150,957 km² per year, or 1.8% of the country. The accumulated for the period reaches practically a fifth of the national territory: 1,672,142 km², or 19.6% of Brazil, with 65% of the total burned area being native vegetation. The event can be seen below:
5TH MAPBIOMAS ANNUAL SEMINAR - COLLECTION 5
On August 28, 2020, during the 5th Annual MapBiomas Seminar: Revealing land use in Brazil with science and transparency, Collection 5 of the annual maps of land cover and land use in Brazil was launched. Among the novelties of Collection 5 are deforestation and regeneration data, such as the rate of loss of native vegetation by biome and views of the territories where, proportionally, there is more secondary vegetation. The event was online and can be seen below:
4TH MAPBIOMAS ANNUAL SEMINAR - COLLECTION 4
At the 4th Annual MapBiomas Seminar on August 29 in Brasilia, Collection 4 of Brazil's annual land use and land cover maps was launched. It presented the release of unpublished deforestation and regeneration data for all Brazilian biomes in the last three decades mapped by the MapBiomas initiative.
3RD MAPBIOMAS ANNUAL SEMINAR - COLLECTION 3
On August 17th, 2018, the MapBiomas Collection 3 was launched at the 3rd MapBiomas Annual Seminar: Three Decades of Transformation of Brazilian Territory, which occurred in Brasilia. In the third collection of land cover and land use maps, MapBiomas doubled the length of the period, covering all the years from 1985 to 2017. MapBiomas team and invited specialists presented new data and discussed their applications for public policy.
2ND MAPBIOMAS ANNUAL SEMINAR - COLLECTION 2
The MapBiomas Collection 2 was launched in the 2nd Annual Seminar of MapBiomas: Transformations in Brazilian Territory in the 21st Century, on April 28, 2017, in Brasilia. This seminar presented to the technical/scientific community and public policy makers the land cover and land use annual maps from 2000 to 2016, methods and tools of MapBiomas, and its applications in understanding the transformations of the territory and its economic impacts, social and environmental.
1ST MAPBIOMAS ANNUAL SEMINAR - COLLECTION 1
In the 1st MapBiomas Annual Seminar, Collection 1 was launched with the land cover and land use maps from 2008 to 2015 of the entire national territory produced with Landsat images. Collection 1 was released on April 29, 2016, in Brasilia, and it was an opportunity to present to the technical and scientific community the results, methods, and tools used in MapBiomas' first collection of maps. It was also an opportunity to receive criticism, suggestions, and contributions for its improvements and evolution.
MAPBIOMAS TECHNICAL SEMINAR - COLLECTION BETA
On November 26, 2015, the MapBiomas web platform was launched. This first MapBiomas seminar presented the open and collaborative platform created to generate the maps and the first pilot and experimental series of land cover mapping for the period of 2008 to 2015 for the entire country.