ABOUT US
MapBiomas Amazonia is an initiative of the Amazonian Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG) and its co-creators are the NGOs from the different Amazonian countries members of the network. In the case of Brazil, the list of co-creators includes academic institutions, companies, and research institutions.
Country coordination:
- Bolivia - Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN)
- Brazil - Instituto do Homem e do Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (IMAZON)
- Colombia - Fundación Gaia Amazonas (Gaia)
- Ecuador - Fundación EcoCiencia
- Perú - Instituto del Bien Común (IBC)
- Venezuela - Provita
- Guyana, Guyana Francesa y Surinam* - IPAM and Solved
*There are no local institutions for these countries yet and in this collection, we have the technical collaboration of IPAM and Solved (Mangrove).
Technical collaboration:
- Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM)
- Lapig
- Solved
- SOS Pantanal
- ArcPlan
- Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
- Wataniba
Technological collaboration:
- Ecostage
- Terras
Funding:
- Fundación Gordon & Betty Moore
- Iniciativa Internacional de Clima y Bosques de Noruega (NICFI)
- Fundación Good Energies
- Rainforest Noruega
- Quadrature Climate Foundation
RAISG coordination:
- Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) - Cícero Augusto
- Instituto de Bien Común (IBC) - Sandra Ríos
- Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN) - Saúl Cuellar
MAPBIOMAS coordination:
- Technical Coordination - Marcos Rosa (ArcPlan)
- Scientific Coordination - Julia Simbo (IPAM)
- General Coordination - Tasso Azevedo (SEEG / OC)
Click here to learn about the Brazilian MapBiomas initiative’s institutions.
Click here to learn about the people who are part of the MapBiomas Amazon initiative.