SCO CHOVE-CHUVA: A Web-Platform to Monitor Socio-Environmental Dynamics in the Southern Amazon

The CHOVE-CHUVA project is a Space for Climate Observatory initiative aiming at developing operational tools to monitor socio-environmental dynamics in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, in the Southern Amazon. This project focuses on the dissemination of remote sensing-based spatial information to monitor the evolution of climate variables and land use dynamics, especially regarding agriculture, natural vegetation and hydrological resources. The platform is enhanced by the collection of collaborative data about the adoption of specific land use types (e.g. forest restoration and crop-livestock-forest integrated systems) encouraged by the Brazilian program for a low-carbon agriculture (ABC plan).