Brazil and the European Space Agency cooperation in Biomass Earth observation data and applications
September 30 - October 2
Amazon Space Coordination facilities – National Institute for Space Research – INPE
From September 30 to October 2, 2025, ESA, INPE, and AEB will jointly host an event at the Amazon Space Coordination facilities in Belém, Pará, Brazil, focused on data and applications, with a focus on the Biomass sensor and its prospects. The event will feature presentations, as well as technical and applied courses for professionals and users who work directly with data, its processing, and a wide range of applications.
Please find the agenda in English here below, and in Portuguese as an attached pdf.
FINAL AGENDA
DAY 1 – 30TH, September, 2025
| 8:00 | Registration – Welcome coffee | |
| 8:30 | Opening Ceremony
Objectives and perspectives of the Event |
INPE Representative: Alessandra Gomes
AEB Representative: Leila Fonseca ESA Representatives: Anabelle Fonseca & Inge Jonckheere |
| 9:00 | INPE’s Project related to Amazon monitoring | Claudio Almeida – INPE |
| 9:30 | CBERS 6: products and perspectives | Leila Fonseca – AEB |
| 10:00 | Perspectives of Biomass and ESA data: overview on BIOMASS mission | Muriel Pinheiro – ESA |
| 10:30 | Coffee | |
| 10:50 | Panel 1: Use of RADAR/satellite data in the Amazon region and current forest & land monitoring research
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Chair: Inge Jonckheere (ESA)
Remi d’Annunzio (FAO) Pedro Walfir (UFPA) Fernando Carvalho (Vale/UFPA) Veraldo Liesenberg (UESC) – TBC Leonardo Vale (SEMA/AP) – TBC |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-17:00 | BIOMASS ESA
Practical on Data products, access and algorithms Accessing Biomass data on the Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform |
Muriel Pinheiro – ESA
Cristiano Lopes – ESA (remote) |
DAY 2 – 1ST, October, 2025
| 8:30 | Panel 2: Applications of satellite biomass data for forest monitoring and management
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Chair: Luiz Aragão (INPE)
Joice Ferreira – Embrapa IBAMA (TBC) Jakeline Viana – SEMAS Luiz Aragão – INPE |
| 10:00 | Coffee | |
| 10:40 | Panel 3: Exploring the Potential of Biomass Data for Environmental Monitoring
This panel explores how ESA biomass data can be integrated into environmental monitoring projects, including biomass mapping, carbon credit verification, and land use and land cover change detection. Through examples and proposals, experts will demonstrate how this type of data can enhance existing initiatives and support public policies and sustainable solutions based on Earth observation. |
Chair: Leila Fonseca (AEB)
José Viveiros – Bioflore Guilherme Medina – NovaTerra Julio Guerra – Visiona Breno Felix Silva – Agrotools Adriana Moreira – Remap Geo |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-17:00 | Institutions / Companies / NGO presentations (pitch)
BIOMASS SEPAL options Commodities |
Chair: Remi d´Annunzio (FAO)
Imaflora Remi d’Annunzio (FAO) All invited (Project prospection) |
| 19:00 | Social dinner (invitation requested) |
DAY 3 – 2ND, October, 2025
| 8:30 | Internal ESA/FAO/ INPE meeting
Projects, perspectives from space from FAO/ESA Capacity building roadmap |
ESA/FAO/INPE
Anabelle Fonseca Inge Jonckheere Remi d’annunzio |
| 9:30 | INPE view on capacity building and way ahead | Alessandra Gomes – INPE |
| 10:30 | Visit to local communities (TBC) | all |
| 12:00 | Conclusions and End of Meeting |