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STORY: UNEP / CHAMPION OF THE EARTH 2025 BRAZIL
TRT: 05:25
SOURCE: UNEP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE / NATS
DATELINE: 10 DECEMBER 2025 / FILE
OCTOBER 2025 - PARÁ, BRAZIL
1. Drone shot, establishing Guamá River, Amazon
2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Carlos Souza Jr, Associate Researcher, Imazon:
“Imazon uses science and data to be able to dialogue with all sectors of society.”
3. Drone shot, Belém city skyline
4. Various shots, Carlos walking through Belém, entering Imazon offices, staff portrait
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Carlos Souza Jr, Associate Researcher, Imazon:
“The biggest problem, the greatest challenge we face is deforestation and forest degradation.”
6. Drone shot, establishing Amazon Rainforest, logging ships
7. Various shots, development cutaways
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Carlos Souza Jr, Associate Researcher, Imazon:
“If the Amazon reaches a point of no return, we will face several impacts. First, the loss of biodiversity. Second, greenhouse gas emissions, because the Amazon stores a lot of carbon in the forests and underground.”
9. Various shots, forest cutaways
10. Drone shots, deforestation
11. Drone shots, establishing Belém
12. BROLL: Rita walking through Belém, entering Imazon offices
13. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Carlos Souza Jr, Associate Researcher, Imazon:
“Artificial intelligence has brought more agility and precision to extracting information from satellite data.”
14. Variuous shots, Imazon researchers at work
15. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Carlos Souza Jr, Associate Researcher, Imazon:
“This is a significant paradigm shift that artificial intelligence, cloud computing and new algorithms allow,giving us even more precise information about the near future of the Amazon and helping to prevent scenarios of destruction from deforestation and forest degradation.”
16. Various shots, Imazon researchers at work
17. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Ritaumaria Pereira, Executive Director, Imazon:
“The way Imazon works and disseminates data is extremely important for generating public policies.”
18. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Carlos Souza Jr, Associate Researcher, Imazon:
“This work we do in the Amazon must be done in all ecosystems of the planet, and this democratized and revolutionized geographic information science.”
19. Various shots, Carlos presenting at AI workshop
20. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Ritaumaria Pereira, Executive Director, Imazon:
“We have in our hands the best opportunity to show that we know how to preserve the Amazon. Not only for those of us who live here, because it’s a global heritage, it must be preserved for climate regulation,it must be preserved for biodiversity conservation, and for strengthening local populations. That’s what unites us, and ultimately shows the strength of our work, the strength of Imazon here.”
21. Various shots, AI Climate Institute Pilot Workshop
22. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Ritaumaria Pereira, Executive Director, Imazon:
“Together, even with small steps, we can achieve our goals.”
23. Drone shots, boat on field visit in the Amazon, at Ilha do Combu
24. Various shots, Carlos in boat on way to Ilha do Combu field visit
25. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Ritaumaria Pereira, Executive Director, Imazon:
“The Amazon—the world—has already reached its limit. And we need to act together, not only for those who are here, but on a global scale—for everyone.”
26. Drone shots, boat on field visit in the Amazon, at Ilha do Combu
27. Various shots, portrait of Carlos and Rita on field visit to Ilha do Combu in the Amazon
Imazon is named a 2025 UNEP Champion of the Earth for pioneering forest monitoring systems using advanced geospatial science and AI. Their open-access tools have supported thousands of enforcement actions. Imazon offers a globally relevant model for data-driven forest governance.
