{"id":30,"date":"2023-07-21T19:55:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-11-04T17:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:11:28","slug":"quienes-somos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/quienes-somos\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong>MapBiomas Venezuela <\/strong><\/strong>is an initiative co-created by Provita, Wataniba, the Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Modeling of the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar University (LSIGMA \u2013 USB) and the Amazon Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information (Raisg), in collaboration with specialists from different NGOs, universities and research centers in the country organized by themes and regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>General Coordination of MapBiomas Venezuela (Land cover and land use):&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irene Zager (Provita)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Coordinaci\u00f3n T\u00e9cnica de MapBiomas Venezuela (cobertura y uso):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Rodrigo Lazo (Provita)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Technical co-coordination by physiographic regions and crosscutting themes  (Land cover and land use):&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Central and Eastern Plains, Unare Depression and Barlovento Depression - Carlos Gonz\u00e1lez (LSIGMA-USB)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mangroves and wetlands in the Amazon - Emanuel Valero (Provita)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miner\u00eda en la Amazon\u00eda &#8211; Anderson Albarran (Wataniba)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Technical Coordination of MapBiomas Venezuela (water):&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anderson Albarran (Wataniba)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Technical collaboration:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Academia Nacional de la Ingenier\u00eda y el H\u00e1bitat (ANIH).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centro de Estudios de la Crisis Ambiental Global, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas (CECAG &#8211; IVIC).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centro de Estudios Integrales del Ambiente, Universidad Central de Venezuela (CENAMB-UCV).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centro de Investigaciones Ecol\u00f3gicas de Guayana, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (CIEG-UNEG).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facultad de Agronom\u00eda (N\u00facleo Maracay), Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Ecol\u00f3gicas (ICAE), Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facultad Experimental de Ciencias, Universidad del Zulia (LUZ).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amaz\u00f4nia (IPAM).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laborat\u00f3rio de Processamento de Imagens e Geoprocessamento (Lapig).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo (Minec).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solved &#8211; Solu\u00e7\u00f5es em Geoinforma\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Andr\u00e9s Bello (UCAB).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n y Extensi\u00f3n en Suelos y Aguas (CIESA), Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Centrales R\u00f3mulo Gallegos (UNERG).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Technology partners:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>EcoStage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Institutional support:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Avina Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Financing:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Quadrature Climate Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good Energies Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skoll Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rainforest Foundation Norway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Swift Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Christensen Fund<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/venezuela.mapbiomas.org\/en\/equipo\/\">here<\/a> to meet the people who are part of MapBiomas Venezuela.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MapBiomas Venezuela es una iniciativa co-creada por Provita, Wataniba, el Laboratorio de Sistemas de Informaci\u00f3n Geogr\u00e1fica y Modelado Ambiental de la Universidad Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar (LSIGMA \u2013 USB) y la Red Amaz\u00f3nica de Informaci\u00f3n Socioambiental Georreferenciada (RAISG) en colaboraci\u00f3n con especialistas de distintas ONG, universidades y centros de investigaci\u00f3n del pa\u00eds organizados por temas y regiones. 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