On Wednesdeay, July 15th, CSR-UFMG received the visit of the Director of Information Technology, Carla Lima Reis, and Cabinet Advisor, Andréa Coelho, from the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainability of Pará (SEMAS-PA). The visitors met with our researchers and watched a brief presentation about the CAR 2.0 project.
On the occasion, the visitors and the researchers […]
In partnership with the Government of Minas, the State Secretariats for Environment and Sustainable Development (SEMAD-MG) and Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (SEAPA-MG), the State Institute of Forests – IEF, and support from the AL-INVEST Verde program from the European Union, researchers from UFMG launched the SeloVerde MG platform on Wednesday, May 17th. The launch of […]
The researchers Britaldo Soares-Filho and Danilo Figueira attended to the event TechFloresta: A tecnologia como aliada na redução do desmatamento, promoted by AWS in partnership with SEMAS-PA and CIT, in Belém, Pará, on May 4th, 2023. Soares-Filho presented the SeloVerde platform.
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On the morning of February 24th, representatives from the Government of Minas Gerais linked to the Agriculture System visited the Center for Remote Sensing (CSR) and met with researchers from UFMG seeking solutions aimed at updating data on the satellite mapping of the coffee sector and the traceability of agricultural products from Minas Gerais.
On the […]
CSR researchers Raoni Rajão and Britaldo Soares-Filho received along with partners the Amílcar Herrera award from the Latin American Association for Social Studies of Science and Technology (ESOCITE) for the article “The risk of fake controversies for Brazilian environmental policies”. Originally published in English in the journal Biological Conservation in February 2022, the article exposes […]
In a policy brief published by the Centre for Remote Sensing of UFMG , students from the Postgraduate Program in Analysis and Modeling of Environmental Systems and researchers from the laboratory present possible solutions to decarbonize the transport sector in Minas Gerais, which is responsible for 59% of total emissions from the state’s energy sector.
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On August 11, 2022, researchers from UFMG, supported by the Observatory of the Forest Code (OCF) and Imaflora, launched a publication that points out that Brazilian rural properties have around 20 million hectares of environmental liabilities that need to be regularized accordingly. in accordance with the Forest Code. Among them, more than 3 million hectares […]
In a policy brief, students from the Postgraduate Course in Analysis and Modeling of Environmental Systems at UFMG discuss how the state of Minas Gerais can act to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through public policies for the waste sector solid and still obtain financial returns. Their analyzes indicate that already known measures, such as […]
Given its ability to grow large crops and produce ethanol that avoids between 69-89% of CO2e emissions in comparison with regular fossil fuels, Brazil could play a key role in the European Union’s transition to bioeconomy.
In a new study, researchers from the Bio‑Economy Unit of the European Commission, the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in […]
Researchers from the Laboratory of Environmental Services Management (LAGESA) and the Centre for Remote Sensing (CSR) evaluate and point out the problems and risks of the Bill of Law (PL) 510/2020 on the Senate agenda. They warn that the project amnesty criminal occupations of public lands and might legitimate future invasions, it also puts at […]