The MapBiomas is a collaborative network of co-creators formed by NGOs, universities, and technology companies organized by biomes and cross-cutting themes.

BIOMES COORDINATION:

• Amazon - Institute of Man and the Environment of the Amazon
• Caatinga – Feira de Santana State University (UEFS), Northeast Plants Association (APNE) and 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)

General Coordination: Tasso Azevedo

Coordenação Técnica: Marcos Rosa

Coordenação Científica: Julia Shimbo

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
• Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
• ICLEI – South America

FINANCING:

History of funders who have supported the MapBiomas Project in one or more years since 2015.

• Skoll Foundation / 2021 – Present
• Woods & Wayside International (WWI) / 2023 – Present
• Amazon Fund [+info] / 2023 – Present
• Mulago Foundation / 2023 – Present
• Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA) / 2024 – Present
• Instituto Alana / 2024 – Present
• Yield Giving / 2024 – Present
• Ballmer Group / 2024 – Present
• Valhalla Foundation / 2024 – Present
• Sea Grape Foundation / 2024 – Present
• Waverley Street Foundation / 2024 – Present
• The Overbrook Foundation / 2024 – Present
• The Patchwork Collective / 2024 – Present
• Instituto Beja / 2025 – Present
• Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) / 2025 – Present
• Instituto Umbuzeiro / 2025 – Atual
• Iniciativa Internacional de Clima e Florestas da Noruega (NICFI) / 2020 – 2024
• Instituto Clima e Sociedade (ICS) / 2022 – 2024
• Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF) / 2022 – 2024
• Montepelier Foundation / 2023 – 2024
• Walmart Foundation (USA) / 2023 – 2024
• Sequoia Climate Foundation / 2023 – 2024
• Good Energies Foundation / 2020 – 2023
• Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation / 2020 – 2023
• Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC) / 2019 – 2022
• Wellspring philanthropic fund / 2019 – 2022
• OAK Foundation / 2019 – 2021
• Instituto Humanize / 2018 – 2020
• Instituto Arapyaú / 2018 – 2019
• Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) / 2018 – 2019
• Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica / 2019

Supporting users:

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

• Carrefour
• Marfrig
• JBS

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