We estimate 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 territory.
Our purpose is to change that. Every vereda in Colombia, from Chocó to the Amazon, should have data as rigorous as that of any capital in the world, and should have it in minutes rather than months. And that data should turn into decisions, from exports that comply with European regulation to 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.
The accuracy of a carbon model depends entirely on how it is measured. We publish the method before the result, and we publish the comparisons we do not win.
Every estimate outside Colombia carries a 90 % interval whose measured coverage is 90 % on 509 field plots (69 % in dense forest above 120 Mg C/ha). Global maps publish per-pixel uncertainty; its coverage has not been measured here. Full tables and method: October 2026 validation.
Beyond 500 metres the model ranks, it does not quantify. Estimates are for pre-assessment and do not replace accredited field verification.
Mean-error differences with 95% confidence intervals from resampling localities. Since October 2026, above-ground biomass in Colombia is adjusted by canopy height when the canopy is 10 m or taller; on low-biomass land with tall canopy the value can be about 15 Mg C/ha too high. Full table: Colombia benchmark, October 2026.
For the European deforestation regulation the blind spot is that shade-grown coffee has a canopy and the EU reference map marks it as forest. The EUDR Passport reviews the plot history year by year since 2017 with 10-metre imagery: whether the cover changed, which crop is there (coffee, cocoa, oil palm, timber, pasture or forest; rubber and soy are not recognised today) and whether that reading is conclusive or needs a field check. In Colombia the classifier is evaluated against official land-cover data holding out 55-kilometre blocks so no neighbouring point leaks information.
See it in the EUDR Passport →Indicative land-use attribution. It does not constitute EU-accredited verification; the legal deforestation verdict rests on Hansen and JRC, in a separate layer.
We presented BioAurea to 104 representatives from local governments across more than 15 municipalities of eastern Antioquia and the rest of the country. This is what they answered.
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 the communities, cooperatives and smallholders who care for the forest, so they can reach 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.