In the heart of the Amazon, scientists at Imazon are using artificial intelligence to predict where the next wave of deforestation will strike before a single tree falls. Their digital map, dotted with yellow, orange and red indicators, reveals the forest areas most at risk. And the impact has been remarkable: in its first year, the model identified 15,000 square kilometres of high-risk areas, helping save 71 per cent of them and uncover nearly all illegal deforestation. For Associate Researcher Carlos Souza and the team at Imazon, the mission is clear.
Brazil cannot thrive without the Amazon, and the world cannot survive without it. Using decades of satellite data and new AI tools, the institute has created one of the most accurate forest-loss prediction systems in existence, with 73 per cent of deforestation alerts occurring within four kilometres of the predicted location.
