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📌Poster Session and Networking Aperitivo 🍷 Location: Lower Lobby | |
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BioMassQuilombo-Amazon: Participatory Calibration and Validation of ESA BIOMASS SAR 1: University of Manchester, United Kingdom; 2: ISAE-SUPAERO, University of Toulouse, France; 3: CESBIO, University of Toulouse, France; 4: GlobEO, France; 5: Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, UK; 6: Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, UK; 7: Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia – IPAM, Brazil; 8: Instituto de Estudos Avançados– IEAv, Brazil, Brazil; 9: Instituto Tecnológico Vale– ITV, Brazil; 10: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, Brazil; 11: Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Roraima, Brazil; 12: Laboratório de Biologia Aquática (LABIA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biociências—Interunidades, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), Brazil; 13: Ecosystems & Landscape Evolution, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; 14: Department of Landscape Dynamics & Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland The BioTech Quilombo project, part of the Amazônia +10 Initiative, is pioneering a community-led approach to biodiversity monitoring in the Amazon, placing Afro-Brazilian Quilombola communities at the heart of modern conservation science. Led by the University of Manchester and IPAM, in partnership with the co-leads UFRR, INPA, UNESP, and ETH Zürich, the project brings together over 40 scientists — most from Amazonian institutions — 10 Quilombola leaders, and seven funding agencies: UKRI, SNSF, FAPESPA, FAPEAM, FAPRR, FAPESP, and CNPq. By integrating traditional ecological knowledge with advanced technologies such as remote sensing, eDNA, DNA barcoding, and artificial intelligence, BioTech Quilombo is developing a flagship framework for long-term biodiversity and forest structure assessment across the Amazon. Working closely with communities in Pará, Amazonas, and Roraima, the initiative empowers local researchers through training and intercultural exchange, embedding equity, ethics, and co-production at every stage of scientific practice. The project’s study sites are l also contribute to the validation and calibration of the ESA Biomass SAR mission (PP0106231 - BioMassQuilombo-Amazon: Participatory Calibration and Validation of ESA BIOMASS SAR). We explored BIOMASS SAR datasets across a gradient of forest types and structures at three Amazonian sites, encompassing variations in terrain and vegetation characteristics across primary and degraded forests, river meanders, and floodplain mosaics. Although our analyses are preliminary, the results already demonstrate that the BIOMASS SAR data can effectively detect temporary river meanders and spatial differences in surface moisture among forests in the studied areas. | |
