Project
Absolutely Amazonian
To address deforestation in the Amazon, calls have been made to develop a ‘green (bio)economy’ that harnesses the value of a permanent productive forest by establishing a new model of socially inclusive economic development with the help of new or emerging technologies. A wide range of bio-products based on the full range of the forest’s own wealth has been established and their production/trade is flourishing. Examples are açai, cupuaçu and cocoa.
The agroforestry production is now getting to a stage that it is also becoming important to protect the reputable products from biodiverse environments from being illegally replaced by products from other less sustainable systems, including those from monoculture productions. This is feasible with adaptable Synergistic Technology Fusion traceability/authentication support systems that are currently developed in the EU.
These support systems allow fusion of various data sources (for instance unique lot identifiers, analytical fingerprint data, satellite data, etc.) onto a data platform – depending on the needs and local situation - to track and trace products along the chain, and identify anomalies of these patterns by artificial intelligence.
The aim of this wildcard project is to develop a roadmap for the development and implementation of a Synergistic Technology Fusion system, modifiable to the local situation in the Amazon, to ensure the transparency on agrobiodiversity.