Reducing Deforestation in Amazonia The rle of information

Reducing Deforestation in Amazonia: The rôle of information and communication technologies Gilberto Câmara National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Brazil

Nature, 29 July 2010

Deforestation in Amazonia (big problem) Até 10% 10 - 20% 20 – 30% 30 – 40% 40 – 50% 50 – 60% 60 – 70% 70 – 80% 80 – 90% 90 – 100% Amazonia (4. 000 km 2 = size of Europe)

INPE’s Monitoring Systems time dialy deforestation alerts Yearly rates of clear cuts Floresta

Real-time Deforestation Monitoring Daily warnings of newly deforested large areas

“By 2020, Brazil will reduce deforestation by 80% relative to 2005. ” (pres. Lula in Copenhagen COP-15)

Transparency builds governance 500. 000 registrations 46 million protests

Policing actions: illegal wood seizure 50% of operations in 2% of the area

Transparency builds governance! Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia (1988 -2011) dropped from 27, 000 km 2 to 6, 200 km 2

How much it takes to survey Amazonia? 116 -112 30 Tb of data 500. 000 lines of code 150 man/years of software dev 200 man/years of interpreters 116 -113 166 -112

Terra. Amazon – open source software for large-scale land change monitoring 116 -112 116 -113 166 -112 Innovative software for environmental monitoring (technology transfer to developing nations)

“Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down by a whopping 78% from its recent high in 2004. If Brazil can maintain that progress, it would be the biggest environmental success story in decades, and would set an example to other countries that want to protect their tropical forests. ” (Editorial, 7 June 2012)

CBERS: China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Open access data: 2 millions images distributed by INPE (2005 -2011)

“A few satellites can cover the entire globe, but there needs to be a system in place to ensure their images are readily available to everyone who needs them. Brazil has set an important precedent by making its Earth-observation data available, and the rest of the world should follow suit. ”

CBERS as a global satellite Urumchi Aswa n Maspalomas Chetumal Miyun Ghuangzhou Bangcoc Boa Vista Gabon Malindi Darwin Cuiabá Jo´burg Alice Springs CBERS ground stations will cover most of the Earth’s land mass between 300 N and 300 S