The Large-Scale Biosphere - Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) is an international research initiative conducted from 1995-2005 and led by Brazil.

The LBA Project encompasses several scientific disciplines, or components. The LBA-ECO component focuses on the question: "How do tropical forest conversion, regrowth, and selective logging influence carbon storage, nutrient dynamics, trace gas fluxes, and the prospect for sustainable land use in Amazonia?"

Continue your exploration of the LBA Project using the following on-line resources:

• LBA-ECO Project Web Site
• LBA Data and Publication Policy
• LBA Data Set Documents
• LBA Web Site
• LBA Web Site Mirror at CPTEC
• INPA Library Scientific Publications
• DAAC LBA Bibliography
• LBA Special Issues
• LBA Scientific Conference

Access preliminary data:

• See LBA-ECO and other LBA data (data not finalized)

Find and order finalized data:

• See list of data sets
• Browse by attributes

Obtain project CD-ROMs:

• Order CD-ROMs on-line
• Make your own CD-ROMs

Download finalized data sets directly:

• FTP site

Often referred to as "The Green Inferno," the Amazon jungle is the largest tropical rain forest on Earth. Although the jungle's area is so big that it reaches out to several different countries, most of its area is located within the Brazilian territory. In the Amazon Basin, indigenous lands hold the key to the future of the largest remaining expanse of tropical forest on Earth.

Amazonia is recognized as the planet's greatest reserve of life forms. Here the largest continuous expanse of tropical forest on Earth harbors approximately one-third of her species. Despite three centuries of scientific study, only a small fraction of its biological richness has been revealed.