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24 research actions are available, divided into the following categories:

[Environment Analysis Actions] [Environment Education Actions]

Environment Analysis Actions: 21

Órbita Agenda 21 for Campinas - A prototype of a strategic environmental management information system for subsidizing the creation of the Agenda 21 for the Municipality of Campinas, in the State of São Paulo.

 

Órbita Water in Nature, in Life, and in Human Heart - A vision about water in the 21st Century

 

Órbita Alternatives for Burned Areas in Agriculture - Campaign sponsored by the Brazilian Government, supported by Embrapa, that aims at reducing the use of burnings to clear lands. Click here to get the details and main actions.

 

Órbita Support to Fire Fighting in Roraima - 1998 - This website represents a partnership between the Brazilian Army, Embrapa Satellite Monitoring and Embrapa Roraima. Since 1991, in partnership with INPE, Embrapa Satellite Monitoring executes the Orbital Monitoring of Burnings in Brazil.

 

Órbita Environmental Protection Area (APA) of the Camanducaia River Basin - Using remote sensing techniques and geographic information systems, we are creating the environmental characterization and the digital cartographic databases of the 15 municipalities that make up this area of more than 2,000 square kilometers.

 

Órbita Socioeconomic Characterization of Rubber-tappers in the Tejo River Basin, Acre - The Tejo river basin is located at 9º S and 72º W, on the western side of the state of Acre. Appointed by the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic to house the first rubber extrativist reserve of the country, in 1989, this area was the subject of researches by a work team, which performed an ecological classification of the basin and sampled nearly 60% of the rubber tappers seatings on that area.

 

Órbita Wild Vertebrate Fauna of Campinas, in São Paulo - Satellites, cartography and the Internet are tools for monitoring the impact of agriculture on faunal habitats.

 

Órbita Geotechnologies Applied to the Agricultural Sustainable Development - Present and future of a rural property in WebGIS.

 

Órbita Environmental Impact of Sugarcane Cultivation - Since 1984, researchers of the Embrapa Satellite Monitoring team have been working on the evaluation and monitoring of the environmental impact caused by sugarcane cultivation.

 

Órbita Land Use Monitoring of the Cananéia Region, State of São Paulo - The Cananéia region is one of the last representatives of the complex preserved estuaries of the State of São Paulo: the Lagamar.

 

Órbita Western Bahia - The multitemporal monitoring of agricultural activities in western Bahia provides a strategic management system BNDES actions in that region.

 

Órbita A Traveller's View of Campinas - Remote sensing and geographic information systems used for recreating the 18th century itinerary and the landscape perceived by travellers on the "Goiáses" pathways.

 

Órbita Land Zoning and Extractive Reserves in Acre - Main information plans available in digital format

 

Órbita Rio 200 Weather Forecast - The Rio 200 races were supported by Embrapa Satellite Monitoring, which created a structure, in partnership with other companies, for state-of-the-art weather and spatial forecasting, based on satellite weather monitoring technologies used on precision agriculture.

 

Órbita Environmental Information System of the São Francisco River Basin - This system aims at establishing a progressive interaction between users and the existing data regarding land and water usage in the São Francisco river basin.

 

Órbita Timor Leste - Satellites unveil the identity of Timor Leste.

 

Órbita Conservation Units Facing Global Changes - Due to the eventual processes of climate changes (global warming, sea level rising, changes in rain regimen and in the atmospheric composition, etc.), Embrapa Satellite Monitoring is working in the simulation of forecast scenarios for Brazilian conservation units.

 

Órbita VII International Rally of Sertões - LANDSAT satellite images of the regions where the Rally takes place.

 

Órbita Agronomical and Ecological Zoning of the State of Tocantins - Spatial reference landmark for the territorial classification of the State

 

Órbita Ecological and Economical Zoning of Maranhão - This website offers spatial and numeric information regarding the entire State of Maranhão.

 

Órbita Ecological and Economical Zoning of the PPA Axis - Considering that Axis are not the only, nor the unique, method of planning and acting upon environmental policies, the proposed system should also meet the demands and concerns of the secretariats and agencies responsible for the Ministry of Environment's policies related to the ecological and economical zoning.

 

Environment Education Actions: 3

Órbita Arboretum - Building Ecosystems - Collection of trees planted for various purposes, such as scientific and educational studies and, at long-term, for the creation of a seed bank.

 

Órbita Santa Genebra Forest - With approximately 250 ha, the Santa Genebra forest is one of the largest tropical forest reserves inside urban areas of Brazil.

 

Órbita Private Initiative Plan for Intervention on the Forest Remnants of Campinas (Fire Extinguishing Operation) - Geotechnologies and partnerships protect the remnants of the native forests within the municipality.

 

 

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