Projects

Science and Technology

It supports the development of bioproducts, enhances the value of standing forests for local populations, as well as the structural improvement of connectivity, mobility and renewable energy.

InovAmazônia

PARTNER:

start:

Start: August 2022
End: August 2025

Aimed at financing the development of plant-based solutions and ingredients for the food industry using native species from the Amazon biome.

Seven studies were selected to investigate the potential for using native species from the Amazon. Priority is given to studies that seek innovative technological processes, involve local communities and use waste from existing production chains.

Chains:

Açaí
Babassu
Cocoa
Brazil Nuts

Cupuaçu
Guarana
Tacumã

Location:

The entire Amazon biome.

Mapa do brasil mostrando todos estados com o bioma amazônico

SDG:

Amazon Proteins

PARTNER:

start:

2nd semester of 2022

The project is aimed at developing alternatives for extracting vegetable proteins from Brazil nut and cupuaçu by-products for applications in the food industry.

The JBS Fund for the Amazon supports the technical and economic feasibility study with proof of concept for protein extraction technology.

Location:

Rondônia, district of Nova California, Porto Velho

Mapa do brasil mostrando o estado de Rondonia

SDG:

Bioplastic from the Amazon - Green Polypropylene

partner:

start:

Start: September 2022
End: March 2024

The proposal is to develop a sustainable material (biocomposite) to partially and/or completely replace polypropylene (PP), using Amazonian fibers from the Brazil nut hedgehog.

Location:

Rondônia, Nova California district, Porto Velho

Goals:

Promoting the Circular Economy in bioeconomy chains
Income generation for extractive communities;
Benefiting 40 families directly and 400 indirectly;
Support for the conservation of 2,400 hectares of forests in areas of deforestation pressure;
Promotion of the Manaus Free Trade Zone as a hub for innovation in the bioeconomy;
Reduction of 336 tCO2eq in carbon emissions.

SDG:

Geoflora - Forest Automation and Spatialization of Carbon Stocks in Forest Ecosystems in the Amazon

partner:

start:

Start: August 2022
End: August 2025

In 2022, Embrapa Acre began activities involving studies to measure and model carbon stocks and emissions in different forest environments in the Amazon.

The objective is to generate a database of three-dimensional point cloud images obtained by RGB (red, blue and green) cameras and laser sensors (LiDAR) embedded in drones.

Impacted Area: 30 thousand hectares mapped by the project

Location:

Mapa do brasil mostrando Acre, Rondônia,
Roraima, Amapá, Pará e Amazonas

Acre, Rondônia, Roraima, Amapá, Pará and Amazonas

Goals:

Development of a database of cataloged images for forest species of economic interest
Adjustment of algorithms for forest inventories of timber and non-timber species in the Amazon;
Production of dynamics estimation models, biomass stocks and high-resolution biomass maps for areas of strategic interest to support public policies for sustainable use (forest management) and payment for environmental services (carbon stocks);
Production of models of carbon, biomass and soil emission factors in forest management environments;
Provision of cutting-edge, high-precision, low-cost technology (patent).

SDG:

New Technologies for Riverine Vessels

PARTNER:

The project aims to develop research aimed at the electrification of small vessels in the Amazon, encourage new markets and provide accessibility, logistics and quality of life for people in a clean and sustainable way.

Location:

All legal Amazonia.

Mapa do brasil mostrando Toda Amazonia legal.