Network level Initiatives are part of the MapBiomas network, which is an open collaborative of over 100 organizations committed to supporting each other’s initiatives. A coordination committee formed by representatives of each country in the network decides the strategic directions of the network.Action level MapBiomas supports more than 20 initiatives that are organized geographically (e.g. countries and bioregions) and thematically (e.g. fire, water, soil and vegetation).Supporting level MapBiomas is supported by a four- person coordination team, three organizations that serve as fiscal sponsors for the network, and several teams that work on the infrastructure and common platforms. The team of co-creators are decentralized and employed by network organizations. Vision: MapBiomas envisions a world where knowledge about land use is open and accessible, contributing to conservation and the sustainable management of natural resources as a way to mitigate climate change and support climate change adaptation. Method: MapBiomas exists to build the capacity of network members to produce maps that reveal land use transformations worldwide with precision, agility and quality. MapBiomas inspires the development of new initiatives through a six-step process: 1) mobilize a network of organizations who want to initiate MapBiomas in their country or territory; 2) learn by doing: the group learns how to produce maps by producing maps; 3) make the maps public immediately, without waiting for scientific publication so that users can have access; 4) promote the use of the maps; 5) evaluate the impact and ensure financial sustainability; and 6) multiply the process by helping other countries to replicate the process. Principles: MapBiomas initiatives are committed to producing locally relevant maps that are free and open to everyone so they can make better decisions in a timely fashion. To ensure this process is not impeded by political and organizational agendas, MapBiomas initiatives do not conduct advocacy activities or become involved in policy discussions. To maintain this neutrality, MapBiomas does not include partner logos in presentations, but rather focuses on presenting the data in a united way. MapBiomas initiatives also commit to publishing data as quickly as possible, rather than following the timelines for scientific publication. In turn, this multiplies publications with MapBiomas data – in 2024 alone, over 1,300 peer reviewed papers were published globally using MapBiomas data. All data and codes used are open source and can be accessed both in a dashboard for experts, and through application programming interfaces (APIs) and tools to download and reprocess. Practices: MapBiomas co-creators have developed dozens of methods for classifying land cover and use, including agriculture, mining, natural vegetation, pasture, water and urbanization. MapBiomas products are developed for land-use and land cover, deforestation alerts, secondary vegetation, water, fire, pasture quality, infrastructure, irrigation, mining and soil. A recent impact evaluation showed that the primary users of the MapBiomas platform apply the data to activities including public sector policy, land-use surveillance and monitoring, land-use planning, international trade agreements, supply chain monitoring, business opportunity identification and risk management, sustainable natural resource management, capacity building on land-use technology, public debate and exchange, and advancing scientific research.Collective architecture The collective pathway The Future is Collective: Case Studies of Collective Social Innovation 28

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