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 Author(s): TAVARES, P. A.; FERREIRA, J. N.; SILVA, C. V. J.; BERENGUER, E.; BARLOW, J. The Brazilian Amazonian Forest is undergoing significant changes in land use and land cover in the last few decades. This land-use transition, besides climate change, may be responsible for the fire r... ... |
 Author(s): NOOJIPADY, P.; MORTON, D. C.; MACEDO, M. N.; VICTORIA, D. de C.; HUANG, C.; GIBBS, H. K.; BOLFE, E. L. Abstract. Land use, land use change, and forestry accounted for two-thirds of Brazil?s greenhouse gas emissions profile in 2005. Amazon deforestation has declined by more than 80% over the past decade... ... |
 Author(s): MORTON, D. C.; NOOJIPADY, P.; MACEDO, M. M.; GIBBS, H.; VICTORIA, D. de C.; BOLFE, E. L. Agricultural suitability maps are a key input for land use zoning and projections of cropland expansion. Suitability assessments typically consider edaphic conditions, climate, crop characteristics, a... ... |
 Author(s): LUIZ, A. J. B.; SANCHES, I. D. A.; TRABAQUINI, K.; EBERHARDT, I. D. R.; FORMAGGIO, A. R. Abstract: In this study, the tracking of different types of agricultural land use was assessed over time using the overlap regions of adjacent Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) scenes. WRS-II scen... ... |
 Author(s): IWAMA, A. Y.; SOUSA JUNIOR, W. C.; ZANETTI, V. B.; SAKAI, R.; XAVIER, J. C. DE. M.; FREITAS, D.; SIMÕES, E.; BATISTELLA, M.; FERREIRA, L. DA. C. This study focus into two different approaches to assess hazards and vulnerabilities: (1) the geospatial indicators and (2) modelling of debris flow and flooding events. The integration of both method... ... |
 Author(s): ZHU, C.; LU, D.; VICTORIA, D. de C.; DUTRA, L. V. Mapping cropland distribution over large areas has attracted great attention in recent years, however, traditional pixel-based classification approaches produce high uncertainty in cropland area stati... ... |
 Author(s): NOVAES, R. M. L.; SIMÕES, M.; FERRAZ, R. P. D.; FREITAS, P. L. de Os dados de "área agropecuária" (agricultural land) atualmente disponíveis nos bancos de dados do FAOSTAT e OCDE foram recentemente atualizados em uma iniciativa conjunta entre a Embrapa e FAO. No ent... ... |
 Author(s): VICTORIA, D. de C.; PAZ, A. R. DA; COUTINHO, A. C.; KASTENS, J.; BROWN, J. C. The objective of this work was to evaluate a simple, semi‑automated methodology for mapping cropland areas in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. A Fourier transform was applied over a time series... ... |
 Author(s): SEIXAS, H. T.; SILVEIRA, H. L. F. da; MENDES, A. P. DA S. F.; SOARES, F. DA S.; SILVA, R. F. B. DA Abstract: Land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes in the Amazon biome are key processes that influence the environment and societies at local, national, and global scales. Numerous studies have already... ... |
 Author(s): VICENTE, L. E.; LOEBMANN, D. G. dos S. W.; VICTORIA, D. de C.; KOGA-VICENTE, A. This study evaluated changes in agricultural land use on São Paulo state, Brazil, mapping and qualifying sugarcane expansion. The Percentage Change Index (PCi), calculated using official municipal cen... ... |
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