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

Applications for master's and PhD on PPGAMSA will be open until May 23

The Postgraduate Program in Analysis and Modeling of Environmental Systems (PPGAMSA) will receive applications from those interested in the remaining vacancies and scholarships for Master’s and PhD until May 23. Read more here.

Desmatar Amazônia vai gerar prejuízo de US$ 1 bi por ano para agricultura

UOL mentions study led by CSR researchers on deforestation in the Amazon and losses to agriculture (PDF).

Lançada Plataforma do Selo Verde em Minas

Agência Minas writes about the signing of a cooperation agreement between UFMG and IEF to implement the SeloVerde MG (PDF).

How Americans' love of beef is helping destroy the Amazon rainforest

The Washington Post mentions a CSR researcher in an article on the relationship between meat production and deforestation in the Amazon (PDF).

Após um ano de testes, Pará formaliza plataforma de transparência de dados da pecuária

O Eco writes about the formalization of SeloVerde Pará platform and mentions CSR researcher (PDF).

Acordo garante aprimoramento da Política de Regularização Ambiental de Imóveis Rurais

Bomba Bomba writes about the signing of a cooperation agreement between UFMG and IEF to implement the SeloVerde MG (PDF).

LATEST VIDEOS

Jornal da Globo interviews CSR researcher about lack of survaillance on deforestation alerts.
Watch it here.
Jornal Nacional interviews CSR researcher about SeloVerde MG.
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É de Casa TV show interviews CSR researcher about predicting fires.
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O Dia Rural broadcasts about study led by CSR researchers on the impacts of fire in the Brazilian biomes and interviews a researcher of the group.
Watch here.