This paper presents innovative ways to relate survey data to GIS maps, thereby making the connection of people and place more accessible for the research community. Based on data from rural areas in the Brazilian Amazon, we describe a successful effort to sample households while linking farm-level data to property boundaries, these boundaries generated from subjects’ interpretations of satellite images on a computer screen. The sampling framework is based on legislation requiring farmers to report to a government agency in a four-week period, and the farmers’ input allows for a more efficient means of identifying property boundaries as compared to GPS.
Indigenous peoples – Report
IPAM has the objective to promote the recognition of indigenous peoples and lands as an asset for the country's development and for the climate balance in public policies, guaranteeing their rights and, as a consequence, the protection of forest and water resources in the Amazon. This document shows the strategies and achieviments.
