MapBiomas Uruguay is an annual land cover and land use monitoring initiative in order to understand the transformation processes occurring in temperate and subtropical grasslands of Uruguay. It operates within a collaborative network that also includes this ecosystem in the Southern region of Brazil and the central western of Argentina. Governmental, academic, and research institutions from Uruguay actively participate in this initiative.
Co-creators:
- Facultad de Agronomia – Universidad de la República, Uruguay
- Facultad de Ciencias – Universidad de la República, Uruguay
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Uruguay
- Ministerio de Ambiente, Uruguay
Technical Collaboration:
- MapBiomas Brasil
Technology Collaboration:
- Geokarten
- EcoStage
- Ecode
- GeoDatin
- Remap
- Solved
Institutional support:
- Fundación AVINA
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre Desarrollo
General coordination:
- Santiago Baeza (Facultad de Agronomia – Universidad de la República)
Land use – Land cover coordination:
- Santiago Baeza (Facultad de Agronomia – Universidad de la República)
- Federico Gallego (Facultad de Ciencias – Universidad de la República)
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