These modules aim to obtain basic data about the distribution of biodiversity along this highway. This information can be used for land use planning, monitoring and evaluation of the environmental impacts of the BR-319. The imstallation of modules is faster than full grids and allows for greater spatial comprehensiveness. So far, there are 14 modules along the 700km highway between Manaus and Humaitá, 11 are active and 3 have been disactivated (KM83, KM158 and KM820).
In 2004, as part of an initiative by the Ministry of Science and Technology, two Amazon-based research institutions Belem’s Goeldi Museum (MPEG) and the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) in Manaus put together the Program for Research on Biodiversity (PPBio) whose mission was to develop a strategy to:
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