Field Research Platform
A biome-scale field research platform in the Brazilian Amazon, generating empirical data on threshold governance at the frontier of ecological change.
About the Lab
The Amazon Living Lab positions the Foundation's research within one of the world's most significant ecological threshold zones — the Brazilian Amazon, a biome under sustained pressure from deforestation, climate change, and governance failure.
The Lab is not a conventional research station. It is a living system for testing governance frameworks against the complex realities of frontier ecology: contested land rights, institutional fragmentation, indigenous governance, and rapid ecological transition.
Its outputs feed directly into the c-ECO Framework and the Threshold Function Protocol, providing the empirical grounding that distinguishes these frameworks from purely theoretical models.
Lab Profile
| Location | Brazilian Amazon frontier zone |
| Biome | Tropical rainforest / savanna transition |
| Governance focus | Pre-threshold institutional intervention |
| Research axes | Ecological, legal, institutional |
| Partners | Research institutions, indigenous organisations, government bodies |
| Lab contact | contact@hasse.foundation |
Research Axes
Tracking indicators of ecological threshold proximity — deforestation rates, biodiversity signals, hydrological shifts — to establish empirical baselines for governance activation thresholds.
Mapping the legal and institutional landscape of the Amazon frontier: land tenure, environmental law, indigenous rights, and governance authority — identifying gaps and failure points.
Field-testing components of the c-ECO Framework and TFP in live governance contexts, evaluating their operational effectiveness and institutional feasibility.
Documenting and integrating indigenous governance traditions into the anticipatory governance framework — recognising traditional ecological knowledge as a core input to threshold science.
Outputs
The Lab generates outputs across three domains, each feeding back into the Foundation's programme portfolio:
All Lab outputs are developed in collaboration with the c-eco.io research platform, which manages technical documentation, modelling, and publication of results.
Technical Documentation →