Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira (Apr 2019)

Land use dynamics in the Brazilian Cerrado in the period from 2002 to 2013

  • Edson Eyi Sano,
  • Roberto Rosa,
  • Carlos Alberto de Mattos Scaramuzza,
  • Marcos Adami,
  • Edson Luis Bolfe,
  • Alexandre Camargo Coutinho,
  • Júlio César Dalla Mora Esquerdo,
  • Luís Eduardo Pinheiro Maurano,
  • Igor da Silva Narvaes,
  • Francisco José Barbosa de Oliveira Filho,
  • Elaine Barbosa da Silva,
  • Daniel de Castro Victoria,
  • Laerte Guimarães Ferreira,
  • Jorge Luís Silva Brito,
  • Adriana Panhol Bayma,
  • Gustavo Henrique de Oliveira,
  • Gustavo Bayma-Silva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2019.v54.00138
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 54

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Abstract: The objective of this work was to analyze land use dynamics in the Brazilian Cerrado region from 2002 to 2013. This analysis was based on the interpretation of Landsat satellite images carried out by the projects Projeto de Conservação e Utilização Sustentável da Diversidade Biológica Brasileira (Probio) and TerraClass Cerrado 2013, both coordinated by Ministério do Meio Ambiente. In 2002, 38.9% of the Cerrado was covered by some type of anthropic activity. In 2013, this percentage increased to 43.4%. One of the main highlights is the emergence of a new agricultural frontier in the northern region of the study area, known as Matopiba.

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