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.

Access the summary of activities developed at the Centre for Remote Sensing:

LATEST NEWS

SeloVerde at the largest global cloud computing conference

The SeloVerde Pará platform was presented during the AWS re:Invent 2023 event, in Las Vegas, USA, during the session “Slowing down deforestation by using AI, ML, and open source data”. Researcher Felipe Nunes spoke about the innovative nature of the platform and how it works, integration of public data, expansion to other states and products, in addition to highlighting the importance of partnerships for the development of solutions like this, which promote transparency in global supply chains. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is an important partner in the SeloVerde Pará project and AWS re:Invent is the largest global cloud computing conference promoted annually by the company.
Watch the presentation video.

UFMG approves the creation of the Environmental Modeling Technological Center

A UFMG evaluation committee voted to approve the creation of CT Environmental Modeling, a spin off of CSR. The final result will be published in the Dean of Research website after the end of the appeal period.

Professor Britaldo Soares Filho among the top 2% most cited scientists

Professor Britaldo Soares Filho, CSR researcher, is among the 2% most cited researchers of 2022 according to Elsevier. The list was published in October and is available here.

CSR publishes the Gold Bulletin 2022-2023

In October 10th, CSR published the latest version of the informative on the legality of gold production in Brazil, the Gold Bulletin 2022-2023. Read and download here.

El Niño adiou início da temporada de fogo no Cerrado e queimadas devem aumentar no verão

Agência Pública writes about the impacts of El Niño to the 2023 season of fire in the Cerrado biome analyzed by CSR researchers (PDF).

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.

LATEST VIDEOS

Bom Dia Brasil interviews CSR researcher about the Fire Propagation Model.
Watch it here.
Jornal da Globo mentions study on legality of gold production published by CSR.
Watch here.
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.