ABOUT US

The Centre for Remote Sensing at the Institute of Geosciences is an Institutional Research Laboratory of UFMG that conducts research in analysis and modeling of environmental systems, including their applications in the design and evaluation of public policies.

ABOUT OUR WORK

Our research consists of environmental modeling, in particular the development of models to simulate changes in land use and cover, agricultural and forest rents, urban dynamics, forest fire, fluvial regime and carbon balance. The applications of these models involve the valuation of ecosystem services, development of sustainable supply chains, territorial planning and the design of public policies, as well as ex-ante evaluation of the impact of these policies (see publications). Other important products of our research are the software DINAMICA EGO, a platform for environmental modeling, and mappia.earth, a set of tools for building interactive map servers.

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LATEST NEWS

Note of regret

The CSR team deeply regrets the death of researcher Alberto Setzer from the National Institute for Space Research. A pioneer in the field of fire monitoring in Brazil, as well as a reference for us, Setzer was an important partner of CSR.
He leaves leaving a unique legacy and his absence represents a huge gap for Brazilian science. We convey our solidarity to family, loved ones and colleagues.

CSR researcher among the best scientists of UFMG

Prof. Britaldo Soares-Filho is in the 18th position of the best scientists ranking of UFMG according to Research.com. Acesses the complete list here.

Launch of the Fire Risk Bulletin

The Fire Risk Bulletin, a daily electronic newsletter on the chance of fires in the Cerrado, will be launched at 2pm on August 28th. There will be a webinar that will present the Bulletin, the data it gathers and how the computational model that predicts forest fires with up to 89% accuracy works. Watch the livestream.

Preliminary result of the CAPES Award points to CSR researcher's thesis as the best in Brazil

Preliminary result of the CAPES Thesis Award, released on August 14, 2023, points the thesis of researcher Argemiro Teixeira Leite Filho, supervised by Britaldo Soares Filho, as the best thesis in Brazil in the area of Environmental Sciences. See the result in gov.br.

V Simpósio de Modelagem de Sistemas Ambientais e Gestão de Paisagem

The V Symposium on Environmental Systems Modeling and Landscape Management will take place between July 31st and August 4th. With the theme “Data science: challenges and opportunities for environmental modeling” the Symposium will take place at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. The event will feature several short courses and lectures over the five days. See the complete program at the Symposium website.

Conformidade ambiental do parque cafeeiro do estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil

CSR researchers publish policy brief on the environmental compliance of the coffe beans production in Minas Gerais. The analysis have not identified significative deforestation after 2008 on 99% of the properties that produce coffe beans. Read the document here.

LATEST VIDEOS

Jornal Nacional reports about “Gold Bulletin”(Boletim do Ouro) published by CSR researchers.
Watch here.

Jornal Hoje interviews CSR researchers about a new report of the balance of the forest code.
Watch here.

Colégio Loyola covers the seminar Solving the Climate Crisis promoted by Climate Science in partnership with CSR and PPGAMSA.
Watch here.

Jornal Nacional interviews CSR researcher about SeloVerde MG.
Watch here.