TERRA Lab · The Amazon, read deeper
In the lab while this page is worked on. The readings it describes are live.
Whose land it is, and when its forest went.
Draw a boundary anywhere in the Amazon. TERRA reads who holds the land and what has happened to its forest since 1986, from the records Brazil, Colombia and the EU keep.
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A worked reading
Good bones. The rest is work.
- Clearing alerts on record · Brazil's government clearing alerts
- 3
- Area in those alerts · Brazil's government clearing alerts
- 70.1 ha
- Latest alert · Brazil's government clearing alerts
- 2019-05-06
- Tree cover today · land-cover map · 2021
- 100%
Who holds it
In Colombia the reading checks the national register of indigenous reserves and Afro-Colombian community lands, and the national register of protected areas. In Brazil it checks the indigenous lands the federal government recognises, and how far each has come through recognition.
What happened to its forest
Every forest record for the parcel goes into one finding, each with its source and year. That covers Brazil's yearly clearing record and its clearing alerts, the moist forest since 1990 (standing, degraded, cleared or grown back), land cover since 1986, and the EU's map of forest at the end of 2020.
Where its water goes
How much land drains to the parcel, and how far its own water runs downstream. In the Amazon that can be thousands of kilometres, and everyone below it shares what happens on it.
Risk
Forest clearing is actively happening on or near this parcel.
- 5 clearing alerts on or near it covering about 52 ha, the latest in June 2026
- Brazil's official annual record maps 23 ha cleared in 2014
- 19% of it was moist forest that has been cleared and has not grown back, last in 2024
- About 21% lost its tree cover since 2000, most recently in 2023
- 33% of it was forest on 31 December 2020
One finding
Five records, one finding. On the reading, every line names its record.
Inside indigenous or community land
The reading opens with the people who hold the land. It carries no score, suggests nothing to grow, build or sell there, and any action starts with their consent.
Who holds it
This land is held by its own people.
Where the reading goes deep, and where it is still silent
| Country | Who holds the land | Protected areas | Forest | Land cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Indigenous lands, with their legal stage | Global record | Yearly clearing record since 2008, clearing alerts, moist forest since 1990, the EU's 2020 map | Since 1986 |
| Colombia | Indigenous reserves and Afro-Colombian community lands | National register | Moist forest since 1990, the EU's 2020 map | Since 1986 |
| Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela and the Guianas | Not yet. The reading says the record is silent | Global record | Moist forest since 1990, the EU's 2020 map | Since 1986 |
Land cover since 1986 covers the Amazon region. Every source is named on the sources page. The sources →
Is this a certificate?
No. It is evidence for your due-diligence statement. The EU's 2020 map is one reference and not binding, so the reading shows it beside the national records. The statement and the legal duty stay with you.
Draw a boundary in the Amazon and read it.
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