INPE TerraBrasilis Amazon Fires & Deforestation Scraper

Scrapes deforestation and fire data from INPE TerraBrasilis — Brazil's space-agency monitoring platform. Collects PRODES deforestation totals, DETER daily alerts, and fire records across Amazon, Cerrado, Pantanal, and other Brazilian biomes. Covers all states from 2015 to present. Essential for EUDR compliance and carbon offset research.

What it scrapes

This actor calls the TerraBrasilis file-delivery REST API (reverse-engineered from the INPE D3.js/crossfilter dashboards) to collect six datasets in a single run:

Dataset key	Description	Coverage
prodes	PRODES monthly deforestation by state/biome — consolidated and recent clear-cuts, native vegetation	~10,600 records
car	CAR (Rural Property Registry) fire counts by property size category	~14,200 records
deter_amz_monthly	DETER Amazon monthly deforestation alerts — selective logging, mining, burn scars	~4,300 records
deter_amz_cloud	DETER Amazon monthly cloud cover by state (affects alert detectability)	~1,300 records
deter_cerrado_monthly	DETER Cerrado monthly deforestation alerts	~990 records
deter_cerrado_cloud	DETER Cerrado monthly cloud cover by state	~925 records

Output schema

Each record has:

{
  "dataset": "prodes",
  "feature_id": "fof_prodes_d.fid-...",
  "biome": "Amazonia",
  "year": 2024,
  "month": 8,
  "classification": "Desmatamento Consolidado",
  "state": "PARA",
  "value": 1234,
  "polygon_count": null,
  "cloud_area": null,
  "updated_date": "2026-06-05",
  "source_url": "https://terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br/file-delivery/download/dashboard-fires/fof_prodes",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-06T15:30:00.000Z"
}

Field notes:

• value — fire count for PRODES/CAR; deforested area in km2 for DETER monthly
• polygon_count — number of alert polygons (DETER monthly datasets only)
• cloud_area — cloud cover area (DETER cloud datasets only)
• classification — deforestation type (PRODES: Desmatamento Consolidado/Desmatamento Recente/Vegetacao Nativa; DETER: CORTE_SELETIVO/DESMATAMENTO_CR/MINERACAO; CAR: Grande/Media/Pequena/Sem car)
• biome — biome name for PRODES/CAR (Amazonia/Cerrado/Pampa/Pantanal/Caatinga/Mata Atlantica); null for DETER
• state — state name for PRODES/CAR; UF code (e.g. PA, MT, AM) for DETER

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
datasets	string[]	all 6	Which datasets to include. Omit for all six.
maxItems	integer	0 (no limit)	Max records across all datasets.

Example: PRODES + DETER Amazon only

{
  "datasets": ["prodes", "deter_amz_monthly"],
  "maxItems": 5000
}

Data source

• PRODES: INPE's Program for Deforestation Monitoring in the Brazilian Amazon — the legal source-of-record for EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) traceability.
• DETER: Real-time detection system for deforestation alerts (Amazon and Cerrado). Updated daily.
• CAR: Cadastro Ambiental Rural — Brazil's rural property environmental registry.

All data is public and served without authentication from terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br.

Use cases

• EUDR compliance: Commodity importers (soy, beef, palm oil) need PRODES/DETER feeds to verify non-deforestation traceability under EU Deforestation Regulation.
• Carbon offset verification: Carbon project verifiers use PRODES/DETER to validate avoided deforestation baselines.
• Environmental research: Amazon monitoring NGOs, press coverage, ML training datasets for deforestation models.
• Agribusiness compliance: Supply chain traceability for beef and soy certification programs.