BioAurea estimates forest carbon, deforestation, EUDR compliance, and ecosystem health across Colombia with satellite data and artificial intelligence, taking traditional monitoring from months to minutes.
We believe no territory can be protected if it cannot be measured. Estimating forest carbon the traditional way is costly, slow, and leaves out local communities, small carbon projects, and the institutions that need to track the state of their municipalities.
Our purpose is to change that: for every vereda in Colombia, from Chocó to the Amazon, to have data as rigorous as that of any capital in the world, in minutes and not months, and for it to turn into decisions: exports that comply with European regulation, carbon projects with a verifiable baseline, and communities that know the value of their forest.
An ensemble of machine-learning models trained on multispectral and radar satellite imagery, calibrated against IDEAM's forest inventories. It estimates the four IPCC carbon pools at the vereda scale and across the entire time series.
BioAurea's crop detector distinguishes coffee, oil palm, cocoa, rubber, soy, wood, natural forest and pasture at 10-meter resolution, validated against field truth (IDEAM, MapBiomas, Sample Earth). For Colombian coffee and oil palm it consistently outperforms the open reference sources, and it generalizes across the tropical belt.
We presented BioAurea to 104 representatives from local governments across more than 15 municipalities of eastern Antioquia and the rest of the country. These were their results.
To become the primary source of analysis and information on Colombia's ecosystems, and an official source for the media and for government, with two editorial analyses each month.
To keep refining the models, incorporate new sensors and field data, and narrow the margin of error until we approach direct measurement.
To put data in the hands of those who care for the forest: communities, cooperatives, and smallholders who can access fair markets with their own information.
To contribute to conservation with evidence: every hectare measured is a hectare that can be protected, restored, and defended against deforestation.
We are looking for alliances with public entities, carbon project developers, green finance, and energy operators to validate and scale the technology. Try the explorer for free, or write to us for a demonstration.
