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Brazil’s submission of a forest reference emission level for deforestation in the Amazonia biome
Find below the instructions to access the data used to calculate emissions from deforestation, year by year, components of Brazil's forest reference emission level. Data may be assessed through an FTP client. Links to some client options are available below: Access the data used to calculate emission - Filezilla Access the data used to calculate emission - Smart FTP Host: ftp.funcate.org.br Login: frel Password: frel2014
Available data in the directories: Amazon biome carbon map - .shp compressed files Amazon biome deforestation poligons - .xls file Amazon biome and Legal Amazon geografic boundaries - .shp compressed files TerraAmazon tutorial - .docx file
Spatial Information
1. TERRAAMAZON A GIS tool developed by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) for vector data using multi-temporal satellite images. It is the image processing software needed for calculating the forest emission reference level. Available at: http://terraamazon.org.
2. FOREST MONITORING SYSTEMS PRODES performs the satellite monitoring of deforestation, defined as clear-cutting, in the Amazon biome. It produces, since 1988, annual deforestation rates for the region, which inform the Brazilian government public policy decisions. The annual rates are have as a basis the increments of deforestation identified in each satellite image covering the Legal Amazon region. Access PRODES annual rates Attention: the information used to calculate the forest reference emission level submitted by Brazil covers Amazon biome only (see item number 4 below), which differs from the Legal Amazon data.
3. CBERS IMAGES PRODES' deforestation in the Legal Amazon data is based on information gathered by CBERS series satellites - China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite. Access the database of CBERS
4. INFORMATION FOR MAP CROSSING The construction of the forest reference emission level for reducing emissions from deforestation in the Amazon biome was based on a historical time series developed for the Legal Amazonia since 1988. The annual assessment of gross deforestation for the Legal Amazon, known as PRODES (Brazilian Amazon Satellite Monitoring Program), is carried out under the Amazon Program at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais) of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI). The Legal Amazon encompasses three different biomes: the entire Brazilian Amazon biome; 37 per cent of the Cerrado biome; and 40 per cent of the Pantanal biome. For the construction of the Amazonia biome reference level, the areas from the Cerrado and Pantanal biomes in the Legal Amazonia have been excluded.