Simpas – Amazon Settlement Monitoring Tool

11 de dezembro de 2015

dez 11, 2015

The system can be used as a reference and can be applied to any settlement of the country and aims to operationalize the monitoring of deforestation, forest degradation and land use in the settlements and properties associated with PAS.

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