{"id":776,"date":"2023-08-17T14:29:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T14:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-brasil.mapbiomas.org\/?page_id=776"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:36:20","slug":"quem-somos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/quem-somos\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:14px\">The MapBiomas network is a collaborative effort that brings together non-governmental organizations, universities, and technology companies that analyze data on biomes and cross-cutting themes. We also have technical partners and a group of funders who support MapBiomas' work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">COORDINATION<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Tasso Azevedo | General Coordination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Julia Shimbo | Scientific Coordination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marcos Rosa | Technical Coordination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BIOMES COORDINATION:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Amazon - Institute of Man and the Environment of the Amazon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Caatinga \u2013 Feira de Santana State University (UEFS), Northeast Plants Association (APNE) and GeoDatin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Cerrado \u2013 Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Atlantic Forest \u2013 SOS Mata Atlantica Foundation and ArcPlan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Pampa \u2013 Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and GeoKarten<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Pantanal \u2013 SOS Pantanal Institute and ArcPlan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CROSS-CUTTING THEMES COORDINATION:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Pasture \u2013 Federal University of Goi\u00e1s (LAPIG\/UFG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Agriculture \u2013 Remap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Coastal Zone and Mining \u2013 Vale Technological Institute (ITV) \/ Solved<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Urban Areas\u2013 University of S\u00e3o Paulo (QUAP\u00c1-FAU\/ USP and YBY), Federal University of Bahia and Federal University of S\u00e3o Carlos (NEEPC)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Google<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">EcoStage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">ecode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Arapya\u00fa Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">AVINA Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">MapBiomas Support Institute (IAMap)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Technical Partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Brasil I.O<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Institute of Agricultural and Forest Management and Certification - Imaflora (IMAFLORA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Energy and Environment Institute (IEMA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Socioambiental Institute (ISA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Life Center Institute (ICV)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Institute for Democracy and Sustainability (IDS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">The Nature Conservancy (TNC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">WWF Brasil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">ICLEI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Current members<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Alexandre Camargo Coutinho (Embrapa)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Edson Eygi Sano (IBAMA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Leila Maria Garcia Fonseca (INPE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Liana Oighenstein Anderson (CEMADEN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Marina Hirota (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Former members<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Gilberto Camara Neto (INPE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Joberto Veloso de Freitas (Universidade Federal do Amazonas)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Matthew C. Hansen (Universidade de Maryland)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Mercedes Bustamante (Universidade de Bras\u00edlia)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Timothy Boucher (TNC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr (Clark University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Gerd Sparovek (Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FINANCING:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>History of funders who have supported the MapBiomas Project in one or more years since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Skoll Foundation \/ 2021 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Woods &amp; Wayside International (WWI) \/ 2023 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amazon Fund <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazonfund.gov.br\/en\/projeto\/MapBiomas\/\" target=\"_blank\">[+info]<\/a> \/ 2023 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mulago Foundation \/ 2023 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA) \/ 2024 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Instituto Alana \/ 2024 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Yield Giving \/ 2024 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Ballmer Group \/ 2024 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Valhalla Foundation \/ 2024 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Sea Grape Foundation \/ 2024 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Waverley Street Foundation \/ 2024 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">The Overbrook Foundation \/ 2024 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">The Patchwork Collective \/ 2024 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Instituto Beja \/ 2025 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) \/ 2025 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Instituto Imbuzeiro \/ 2025 &#8211; Atual<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Iniciativa Internacional de Clima e Florestas da Noruega (NICFI) \/ 2020 &#8211; 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Instituto Clima e Sociedade (ICS) \/ 2022 &#8211; 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF) \/ 2022 &#8211; 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Montpelier Foundation \/ 2023 &#8211; 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Walmart Foundation (USA) \/ 2023 &#8211; 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Sequoia Climate Foundation \/ 2023 &#8211; 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Good Energies Foundation \/ 2020 &#8211; 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Gordon &amp; Betty Moore Foundation \/ 2020 &#8211; 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC) \/ 2019 &#8211; 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Wellspring Philanthropic Fund \/ 2019 &#8211; 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">OAK Foundation \/ 2019 &#8211; 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Instituto Humanize \/ 2018 &#8211; 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Instituto Arapya\u00fa \/ 2018 &#8211; 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Children&#8217;s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) \/ 2018 &#8211; 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:14px\">Funda\u00e7\u00e3o SOS Mata Atl\u00e2ntica \/ 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supporting users:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>MapBiomas users who contribute to the platform's funding. Find out more. Support us too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Carrefour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marfrig<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JBS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/equipe\/\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to know the people who make MapBiomas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rede MapBiomas \u00e9 colaborativa e re\u00fane organiza\u00e7\u00f5es n\u00e3o governamentais, universidades e empresas de tecnologia que analisam dados sobre os biomas e temas transversais. Contamos tamb\u00e9m com parceiros t\u00e9cnicos e com um conjunto de financiadores que apoiam o trabalho do MapBiomas. COORDENA\u00c7\u00c3O: COORDENA\u00c7\u00c3O NOS BIOMAS: COORDENA\u00c7\u00c3O TEMAS TRANSVERSAIS: PARCEIROS DE TECNOLOGIA: PARCEIROS INSTITUCIONAIS: Parceiros T\u00e9cnicos: [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":""},"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false,"infographic":false,"team":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Adriel Fernandes","author_link":"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/author\/adriel-fernandes\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A rede MapBiomas \u00e9 colaborativa e re\u00fane organiza\u00e7\u00f5es n\u00e3o governamentais, universidades e empresas de tecnologia que analisam dados sobre os biomas e temas transversais. Contamos tamb\u00e9m com parceiros t\u00e9cnicos e com um conjunto de financiadores que apoiam o trabalho do MapBiomas. COORDENA\u00c7\u00c3O: COORDENA\u00c7\u00c3O NOS BIOMAS: COORDENA\u00c7\u00c3O TEMAS TRANSVERSAIS: PARCEIROS DE TECNOLOGIA: PARCEIROS INSTITUCIONAIS: Parceiros T\u00e9cnicos:&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8684,"href":"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/776\/revisions\/8684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brasil.mapbiomas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}