Preventing deforestation is critical to avoid reaching the Amazon’s "tipping point" — a threshold beyond which irreversible cascading effects could transform vast areas of rainforest into savanna. As effective forest monitoring is central to combating deforestation, this event will highlight Brazil’s state-of-the-art monitoring tools for the Amazon.
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Forest monitoring is central to Brazil’s fight against Amazon deforestation. The event will discuss the composition of the forest monitoring system spearheaded by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE). It will further discuss recent advancements of INPE’s monitoring system via the use of machine learning to analyze large earth observation datasets resulting in higher efficiency to deliver near real-time monitoring.
Other than direct contribution to deforestation prevention, cutting-edge forest monitoring is also crucial to the implementation of policy instruments such as the Deforestation Regulation of the European Union and national restoration pledges to meet the Bonn Challenge. These policy instruments are crucial to manage the potential exceeding of global greenhouse gas emissions beyond the level required to achieve Paris Agreement goals.
As part of broader science and technology dialogues for the tropics, the event will also explore how advancements in forest monitoring technologies are being driven by bottom-up stakeholder engagement in another tropical basin, a key approach to fostering a nature-centered economic development paradigm.
Agenda
15:30-16:00 Networking reception
16:00-16:15 Opening remarks:
- Ambassador of Brazil to Germany
- Dr. Jochen Gebauer, Director General for Nature Conservation, Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Nature-Based Climate Action, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)
- Prof. Miguel Monteiro, Director of INPE
16:15-17:10 Presentations:
- “Global leadership in tropical forest monitoring”, Dr. Claudio Almeida, Head of Amazon Monitoring, INPE
- “State-of-the-art tropical forest monitoring in Brazil”, Prof. Gilberto Camara, INPE
- “Empowering bioeconomy with novel landscape monitoring in Indonesia”, Mr. Ping Yowargana, IIASA
- “Tipping points, emission overshoot and the Tropical basins”, Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Director General of IIASA
17:10-17:30 Q & A
The event was co-organized by the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). It was part of the 3rd edition of the Amazon Week 2025, a program of events dedicated to highlighting the critical role of the world's largest rainforest in maintaining global climate balance, protecting biodiversity and fostering sustainable development.
Find out more: Best Moments - Berlin | Amazon Week 2025
A recording of the event is available below.
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