The Brazilian tropical savanna (Cerrado), encompassing more than 204 million hectares in the central part of the country, is the second richest biome in Brazil in terms of biodiversity and presents high land use pressure. The objective of this study was to map the land cover of the Cerrado biome based on the segmentation and visual interpretation of 170 Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus satellite scenes acquired in 2002. The following land cover classes were discriminated: grasslands, shrublands, forestlands, croplands, pasturelands, reforestations, urban areas, and mining areas. The results showed that the remnant natural vegetation is still covering about 61% of the biome, however, on a highly asymmetrical basis. While natural physiognomies comprise 90% of the northern part of the biome, only 15% are left in its southern portions. Shrublands were the dominant natural land cover class, while pasturelands were the dominant land use class in the Cerrado biome. The final Cerrado's land cover map confirmed the intensive land use pressure in this unique biome. This paper also showed that Landsat-like sensors can provide feasible land cover maps of Cerrado, although ancillary data are required to help image interpretation.
Resumo -O objetivo deste trabalho foi mapear o uso da terra do Bioma Cerrado na escala de 1:250.000. As seguintes classes de uso da terra foram consideradas: culturas agrícolas, pastagens cultivadas, reflorestamentos, áreas urbanas e áreas de mineração. A metodologia envolveu a segmentação de imagens do satélite Landsat, a classificação visual dos segmentos e a análise da exatidão global do mapa final. Aproximadamente 39,5% do Cerrado apresentaram algum tipo de uso de terra. Pastagens cultivadas e culturas agrícolas foram as classes predominantes, com 26,5 e 10,5%, respectivamente.Termos para indexação: Landsat, PROBIO, segmentação de imagens, sensoriamento remoto. Semidetailed land use mapping in the CerradoAbstract -The objective of this work was to map the land use in Cerrado at the 1:250,000 scale. The following classes of land use were considered: croplands, planted pasturelands, reforestations, urban settlements and mining areas. The methodological approach involved Landsat image segmentation, visual classification of the segments and analysis of the global accuracy of the final map. Approximately 39.5% of Cerrado presented some type of land use activity. Planted pasturelands and croplands were the dominant classes, with 26.5 and 10.5%, respectively.
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.
RESUMO A pastagem é uma importante atividade econômica no Cerrado. A partir das décadas de 1970 e 1980, programas para melhoria das pastagens introduziu gramíneas principalmente do gênero Brachiaria. Quando manejada adequadamente, a pastagem é reconhecida como eficiente em sequestrar carbono e contribuir com a mitigação das concentrações de gases do efeito estufa na atmosfera, condição que será atingida em função do tempo de uso e das propriedades de cada tipo de solo. A microrregião de Uberlândia no Triângulo Mineiro (MG) é tradicionalmente ligada à pastagem. No entanto, as condições geológicas, naturais do solo e do clima são fatores que podem acelerar a degradação dos solos quando a pastagem não é manejada adequadamente. O objetivo deste artigo foi comparar as mudanças das propriedades do solo e a incorporação de C em áreas recobertas com [1] Cerrado arbóreo natural, [2] sistema misto convertido inicialmente ao uso agrícola e os últimos 15 anos de pastagem, e [3] pastagem cultivada há 30 anos. Os resultados mostram a influência de uso sobre a dinâmica da matéria orgânica, e avalia o potencial de degradação dos solos mediante a atividade, o manejo e o tempo de uso do solo.
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