MapBiomas Peru is a cartographic tool that allows you to monitor changes in land use throughout the country and track pressures on its forests and natural ecosystems. Each year a new set of land cover and land use maps is released, improved and expanded for the corresponding new period.
LAUNCH COLLECTION 2 MAPBIOMAS PERU
In 38 years the country has lost 487.7% of glacier extension, according to MapBiomas Perú. This initiative also reveals the loss of 4.1 million hectares of natural vegetation. The findings of the monitoring of land use change that occurred in Peru between 1985 and 2022 will be presented by the Instituto del Bien Común on February 15 in Lima. In addition, the call was opened for the 1st edition of the MapBiomas Peru Award , which seeks to reward two works that use the data and products generated by the initiative.
Download the presentations from the event here:
Andrea Bravo y Nicole Moreno (MapBiomas Perú):Plataforma y hallazgos”
Table 1 : “MapBiomas and its contribution to territorial management”
María Sofía Dunin Borkowski (In charge of Ecological and Economic Zoning in the Gobierno Regional de Piura): “Instrumentos para la planificación territorial – ZEE”
Edgar Vicuña (In charge of the Unidad Operativa Funcional de Gestión de la Información de la Dirección de Desarrollo Estratégico): “Monitoreo de cobertura conservada en áreas naturales protegidas de administración nacional”
Francisco Román (Manager de Ing. de Producto y Gestión de Conocimiento en Viridis Terra): “Recuperación integral de tierras degradadas en la Amazonia”
Table 2 : “MapBiomas Peru and its allies”
William Llactayo (Dirección General de Ordenamiento Territorial y de la Gestión Integrada de los Recursos Naturales (DGOTGIRN) - MINAM): “MapBiomas Perú y su aporte a las políticas públicas“
Ethel Rubin de Celis (Sala de Observaciones - Facultad de Ciencias Forestal - UNALM): “Validación de los mapas anuales de cobertura y uso del suelo”
Julia Shimbo (Scientific coordinator of MapBiomas Network): “MapBiomas Network: Misión y desafíos”
LAUNCH COLLECTION 1 MAPBIOMAS PERU
The data generated by MapBiomas Perú warns about the accelerated dynamics of the changes that occurred between 1985 and 2021 in the natural coverage of the Peruvian territory, which have generated a loss of 3.9% of its natural vegetation. This has affected the country's ecosystems, its biodiversity, its ecosystem services, its functionality and connectivity. With a loss of 49.9% of extension in 37 years, the alarming retreat of glaciers stands out due to the effect of climate change and the black carbon caused by burning in the Amazon. The glaciers feed the springs of the country's large rivers, supplying water to millions of people.