@Article{MacielPicoVinhCama:2020:IdLaUs,
author = "Maciel, Adeline Marinho and Picoli, Michelle Cristina Ara{\'u}jo
and Vinhas, Lubia and Camara, Gilberto",
affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de
Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais (INPE)}",
title = "Identifying Land Use Change Trajectories in Brazil’s Agricultural
Frontier",
journal = "Land",
year = "2020",
volume = "9",
pages = "e506",
keywords = "land use change, public policies, trajectories, change patterns,
agricultural frontier.",
abstract = "Many of the worlds agricultural frontiers are located in the
tropics. Crop and cattle expansion in these regions has a strong
environmental impact. This paper examines land use and land cover
transformations in Brazil, where large swaths of natural
vegetation are being removed to make way for agricultural
production. In Brazil, the land use dynamics are of great interest
regarding the countrys sustainable development and climate
mitigation actions, leading to the formulation and implantation of
public policies and supply chain interventions to reduce
deforestation. This paper uses temporal trajectory analysis to
discuss the patterns of agricultural practices change in the
different biomes of Mato Grosso State, one of Brazils agricultural
frontiers. Taking yearly land use and cover classified images from
2001 to 2017, we identified, quantified, and spatialized areas of
stability, intensification, reduction, interchange, and expansion
of single and double cropping. The LUC Calculus was used as a tool
to extract information about trajectories and trajectories of
change. Over two decades, the land use change trajectories uncover
the interplay between forest removal, cattle raising, grain
production, and secondary vegetation regrowth. We observed a
direct relationship between the conversion of forest areas to
pasture and of pasture to agriculture areas in the Amazon portion
of the Mato Grosso State in different periods. Our results enable
a better understanding of trends in agricultural practices.",
doi = "10.3390/land9120506",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9120506",
issn = "2073-445X",
language = "en",
targetfile = "land-09-00506.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "03 jun. 2024"
}