{"id":668,"date":"2025-04-29T10:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mujerforestal.com\/en\/?p=668"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:17:10","slug":"biomass-a-new-satellite-for-forest-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mujerforestal.com\/en\/index.php\/biomass-a-new-satellite-for-forest-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomass: A new satellite for forest management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mujerforestal.com\/biomass-un-nuevo-satelite-para-la-gestion-forestal\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mujerforestal.com\/biomass-un-nuevo-satelite-para-la-gestion-forestal\/\">Spanish Version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 29, 2025, from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in Kourou (French Guiana), the <strong>Biomass satellite<\/strong> was successfully launched. This pioneering mission from the European Space Agency (ESA) promises to transform our understanding of forests and their role in the global carbon cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the Biomass Satellite?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Biomass is the first satellite to carry a <strong>P-band synthetic aperture radar<\/strong>, enabling it to penetrate dense forest canopies and directly measure woody biomass\u2014trunks, branches, and stems\u2014where most forest carbon is stored. This unique technology will provide unprecedented data on carbon stocks and forest changes worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why does it matter?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Forests are vital in the fight against climate change. They absorb around <strong>8 billion tonnes of CO\u2082<\/strong> annually, acting as massive carbon sinks. However, deforestation and forest degradation, especially in tropical regions, are reversing this effect, releasing stored carbon back into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A major challenge has been the lack of accurate data on how much carbon forests hold and how those levels are changing. Biomass addresses this gap, offering detailed insight to support science-based climate and conservation policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Biomass will achieve<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83d\udcca Reduce uncertainties in carbon stock and flux estimates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udf33 Accurately assess forest loss, degradation, and regrowth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udef0\ufe0f Support climate action with robust scientific data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83e\uddec Contribute to understanding biodiversity loss, habitat change, and subsurface geology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed by over 50 companies led by <strong>Airbus UK<\/strong>, Biomass now joins ESA\u2019s prestigious Earth Explorers mission family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Simonetta Cheli, ESA\u2019s Director of Earth Observation Programmes, stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cWith Biomass, we are poised to gain vital new data on how much carbon is stored in the world\u2019s forests, helping to fill key gaps in our knowledge of the carbon cycle and, ultimately, Earth&#8217;s climate system.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Applications\/Observing_the_Earth\/FutureEO\/Biomass\/Biomass_launched_to_count_forest_carbon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Agencia Espacial Europea \u2013 ESA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish Version On April 29, 2025, from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in Kourou (French Guiana), the Biomass satellite was successfully launched. 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