TECHNOLOGY MEETS POLICY IN THE AMAZON
Bridging the gap between technology and policy to stop
deforestation and save one of the last wild places on Earth
Presented by John Beavers and Matt Finer
March 25, 2020
Alliance of three local conservation
nonprofits
Working on-the-ground in the
headwaters of the Amazon
One vision: A thriving Amazon that
sustains the full diversity of life
One mission: Unite science,
innovation and people to protect the
western Amazon—the greatest wild
forest on Earth
OUR APPROACH
TECHNOLOGY:REAL-TIME DEFORESTATION MONITORING
2013
United Cacao case
TECHNOLOGY:REAL-TIME DEFORESTATION MONITORING
2013 2015
United Cacao case
Amazon Conservation
launches MAAP
TECHNOLOGY:REAL-TIME DEFORESTATION MONITORING
2013 2015 2016
United Cacao case
Amazon Conservation
launches MAAP
Monitoring tech boom: GLAD
Alerts and Planet
TECHNOLOGY:REAL-TIME DEFORESTATION MONITORING
2013 2015 2016 2018
United Cacao case
Amazon Conservation
launches MAAP
Monitoring tech boom: GLAD
Alerts and Planet
Science Magazine article
THE RESULT:A TECHNOLOGY - POLICY CYCLE
Capacity of key actors
to share and process
information
Real-time, high-tech monitoring to
detect, prioritize, and understand
new deforestation events
Rapid and decisive
government and law
enforcement response
REPORTING
ACTION
DETECTION & ANALYSIS
03
01
02
DETECTION
30
10 3
.05
0101
& ANALYSIS
REPORTING 02
POLICY BRIEFS FOR
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
PUBLIC REPORTS VIA
MAAP WEBSITE
ACTION01
03
InterventionLegal PolicyAdministrative
TECH – POLICY CYCLE 2019: PERU, COLOMBIA, BRAZIL01
DETECTION &
ANALYSIS: PERU
0101
REPORTING: PERU02
ACTION: PERU – OPERATION MERCURY01
03
TECHNOLOGY TO POLICY IN PERU: HOW IT PLAYED OUT
MAJOR RESULT: 92% DECREASE
TECHNOLOGY TO POLICY IN PERU: HOW IT PLAYED OUT
LOOPING POLICY BACK TO TECHNOLOGY
TECH – POLICY CYCLE 2019: COLOMBIA
DETECTION & ANALYSIS: COLOMBIA0101
REPORTING: COLOMBIA02
ACTION: COLOMBIA – OPERATION ARTEMISA01
03
TECH – POLICY CYCLE 2019: BRAZIL
DETECTION & ANALYSIS: BRAZIL0101
DETECTION & ANALYSIS: BRAZIL
MAJOR FINDING: DEFORESTATION THEN FIRES
0101
REPORTING: BRAZIL02
ACTION (?) BRAZIL
Brazil:
Fires burned recently
deforested areas
Bolivia:
Fires were uncontrolled and
escaped into dry forests
01
03
ACTION – FIRES/BOLIVIA01
03
MULTI-SCALE STRATEGY
AMAZON-WIDE
Real-time satellite monitoring across the Amazon
NATIONAL
Government use of data
PERU’S NATIONAL SYSTEM OF MONITORING & CONTROL
GENERATE TECHNICAL
INFORMATION USING
TECHNOLOGY AND PARTNERS
DEVELOP LEGAL REPORT WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS
EVALUATIONOPERATIONS
PLANNING AND ENFORCEMENT
SUSTAINABILITY
Civil Society,
SERFORSERFOR
DCGPFFS
SERFOR, CCFFAA, SUNAT, PNP,
DICAPI, OEFA, Attorney
General’s Office
SERFOR, DICAPI, PNO, CCFFAA,
Attorney General’s Office,
SUNAT, OEFA
Civil Society,ARFFS
Detection
& AnalysisReporting Government Action Sustaining
Involved
agencies
DETECTION & ANALYSIS
REPORTING
ACTION02
03
01
AMAZON-WIDE
Real-time satellite monitoring across the Amazon
MULTI-SCALE STRATEGY
NATIONAL
Government use of data
LOCALLocal/
Community capacity
DETECTION & ANALYSIS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL:
USING DRONES FOR GROUND-TRUTHING
DETECTION & ANALYSIS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL:
USING DRONES FOR GROUND-TRUTHING
MAJOR PROGRESS:SATELLITE AND DRONE IMAGERY ARE NOW LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE
MOVING FORWARD
IMPROVE ENABLING
CONDITIONS IN
OTHER COUNTRIES
Build capacity of local
organizations to take
action
LOCALLY
EXPAND REAL-TIME
MONITORING TECH
ACROSS THE AMAZON
Build partnerships
Expand coverage
Systematize monitoring
Monitor fires
AMAZON-WIDE NATIONALLY
DEEPEN AND
EXPAND SYSTEM IN
PERU
Strengthen National
System of Monitoring
and Control
LET’S WORK TOGETHER FOR
A THRIVING AMAZON!
BOLIVIAconservacionamazonica.org.bo
PERUconservacionamazonica.org.pe
ALLIANCEamazonconservation.org
Amazon Conservation is an alliance of three local organizations uniting science, innovation, and people to
protect the Amazon – the greatest wild forest on Earth.
MATT FINER: [email protected]
JOHN BEAVERS: [email protected]
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