As the COP30 takes place in Brazil, the world’s gaze turns to the Amazon, and to how ESA’s newly-launched BIOMASS satellite can help. This mission, equipped with the first ever P-band synthetic aperture radar capable of penetrating dense forest canopy to measure trunks, branches and stems, opens up a new chapter in assessing carbon storage.
In a strategic move to maximise the impact of this data, ESA is actively collaborating with Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) to integrate BIOMASS outputs into national monitoring systems, enabling more informed forest management, policy-making and climate-reporting efforts.
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Featured image : Forest floor and forest canopy from Biomass. Image credit: ESA/DLR/AreSys/Polimi