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The winners of the 6th MapBiomas Award<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The eight winners of the 6th Edition of the MapBiomas Award were announced on Wednesday, August 21, during the award ceremony at the 9th Annual MapBiomas Seminar<\/a> \u2013 Brazil in Transformation: Land Use and Climate Risks, in Bras\u00edlia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, there were 193 submissions\u2014a record number of entries. The works competed in 6 categories: General, Youth, Highlight in Public Policy Applications, Highlight in Business Applications, Applications in Schools, and Actions Against Deforestation. The winners will receive a total of R$ 80,000 in prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each awarded work will also receive a one-year subscription to the Ci\u00eancia Hoje Digital magazine, as well as a scholarship for a course on Geoprocessing of Satellite Images using Google Earth Engine<\/em> promovido pela Solved e a produ\u00e7\u00e3o de um v\u00eddeo curto (at\u00e9 2 minutos) sobre o trabalho vencedor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In partnership with the Instituto Ci\u00eancia Hoje, the award aims to encourage applications and projects that use data from any MapBiomas module or initiative, including initiatives from other countries, and different products such as MapBiomas Alerta, MapBiomas Fogo, MapBiomas \u00c1gua, and MapBiomas Solo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about the initiatives, visit: brasil.mapbiomas.org\/iniciativas-mapbiomas.<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet the winners: <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
GENERAL CATEGORY<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

1st PLACE<\/strong>
Juliana Lira da Silva e Cunha Brand\u00e3o (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Behind the Cattle Industry: Modern Slave Labor Used to Produce Brazil\u2019s Beef and Leather<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd PLACE\u00a0<\/strong>
Paula Conde Santos Borba (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)
Land conservation and the renewable energy\ntransition are simultaneously possible in Brazil<\/a><\/em> DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.oneear.2025.101520<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOUTH CATEGORY<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

1st PLACE<\/strong>
Vin\u00edcius de Andrade Urbano (Universidade Estadual de Maring\u00e1)
Human land use drives to trophic structure change of apex fish in Neotropical wetlands<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd PLACE<\/strong>
Carlos Henrique de Andrade (Universidade Estadual Paulista – C\u00e2mpus do Litoral Paulista)
Assessment of carbon sequestration and stock potential in different land use and management scenarios in mangroves in the Baixada Santista<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HIGHLIGHT CATEGORY: PUBLIC POLICY APPLICATIONS<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

WINNER<\/strong>
Murilo Raphael Dias Cardoso (SEMAD-GO)
Application of deforestation alerts and land use and cover mapping from the mapbiomas network in combating illegal deforestation in the State of Goi\u00e1s<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HIGHLIGHT CATEGORY: BUSINESS APPLICATIONS<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

WINNER<\/strong>
Leandro Reverberi Tambosi (Universidade Federal do ABC e Universidad de Alicante)
Impact of forest restoration on the landscape dynamics of the Itaipu Binational hydroelectric plant<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HIGHLIGHT CATEGORY: APPLICATIONS IN SCHOOLS<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

WINNER<\/strong>
Rosa Maria Duarte Veloso (Centro Educa Mais Professor Ribamar Torres)
Mapping and classification of springs in urban areas of Pastos Bons, Maranh\u00e3o<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPECIAL CATEGORY: ACTIONS AGAINST DEFORESTATION<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

WINNER<\/strong>
Alexandre Gaio (ABRAMPA\/MPPR)
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Learn more about the categories<\/h2>\n