01RIP-01
River buffer width
Is every river buffered to 30 m? Where it isn't, we pin the exact location.
30 m requirementGaps located
Plantation 12 m from river / min 30 m
09.6471° N, 084.0213° W
Segment 14 · 180 m of bank
Tropical observation systemHD satellite + machine learning
HD satellite imagery / 15 cm + 30 cm
Biota
The one-stop platform for tropical food companies to locate & prove every farm meets EUDR, Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade requirements, from 15 cm HD satellite imagery.
See the detail15 cm / 30 cm HD imagery01
EUDR · Rainforest Alliance · Fairtrade02
Water, habitat & slope03
Trusted by global food companies and space partners
01 / The Biota edge
Trained on 15 cm.
Not 10 m.
Our machine-learning models are trained and run only on 15 cm and 30 cm commercial satellite imagery. Most tools rely on free Sentinel-2 data at 10 m.
3,726 coffee crowns detectedBiota15 cm
Every coffee bush. Every tree crown.
Open-source Sentinel-210 m
Fields only.
Up to 67× finer detail than Sentinel-2
Same Costa Rican coffee farm · 15 cm image resampled to Sentinel-2’s 10 m
02 / Core models
Six core models. Unrivalled insight.
Satellite imagery + terrain models + machine learning
02DEF-02
Deforestation
Forest loss and canopy thinning, detected at 30 cm resolution across repeat passes.
30 cm resolutionLoss + thinning
03CON-03
Habitat connectivity
Whether habitat links into continuous corridors, or breaks apart.
CoresCorridorsGaps
04SLP-04
Slope analysis around rivers
Analyses flow patterns and the resulting runoff risk from fertiliser loading.
Terrain modelFlow vectors
05HAB-05
Habitat quality
Condition, density and core area, graded on five classes.
5-class gradeCore area
06SHD-06
Shade-tree canopy
How much of the coffee grows under shade, measured crown by crown.
Shade cools the crop, protects soil and shelters wildlife. 40% cover is the shade-grown benchmark.
Canopy %40% benchmark
03 / Standards
One platform. Every standard.
Farm-by-farm evidence for EUDR, Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade. Every row is primary data, measured directly from 15 cm imagery.
| Biota evidence | EUDR | Rainforest Alliance | Fairtrade |
|---|---|---|---|
Plot boundaries & geolocation Polygons for every plot, from HD imagery | |||
Deforestation & land-use change Change detection against cut-off dates | |||
River buffers Vegetation width along every waterway | — | ||
Habitat quality & connectivity Natural ecosystems, cores and corridors | — | ||
Slope & erosion risk Steep ground draining toward water | — | ||
Shade-tree canopy Canopy cover over coffee and cocoa | — | — |
Required by the standard Supports compliance
Biota provides geospatial evidence for due diligence and audits; compliance and certification decisions rest with the competent authority or certifying body. EUDR covers coffee and cocoa, not banana or pineapple. Standard names are trademarks of their owners; Biota is independent.
Reporting-ready data
The same farm evidence feeds sustainability reporting
04 / Crop systems
Tuned to tropical
agriculture.
20,000+
15 cm images of tropical landscapes, captured over the last 3 years, train our models.
Commodities covered
- COF-01
Coffee
- COC-02
Cocoa
- BAN-03
Banana
- PIN-04
Pineapple
- FOR-05
Forestry