Identification and characterization of deforestation hot spots in Venezuela using MODIS satellite images

Land cover changes over time as a result of human activity. Nowadays deforestation may be considered one of the main environmental problems. The objective of this study was to identify and characterize changes to forest cover in Venezuela between 2005-2010. Two maps of deforestation hot spots were g...

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Main Authors: Carlos Eduardo Pacheco, María Inmaculada Aguado, Danilo Mollicone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2014-06-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672014000200004&tlng=en