Dynamics of savanna clearing and land degradation in the newest agricultural frontier in Brazil

Dynamics of savanna clearing and land degradation in the newest agricultural frontier in Brazil

We investigated the dynamics of savanna clearing and land degradation in the MATOPIBA region, the newest agricultural frontier over the Cerrado in Brazil. For geospatial analysis of the “big data,” we used algorithms available on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform along with different satellite...

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Main Authors: Alana Almeida de Souza, Lênio Soares Galvão, Thales Sehn Korting, Juan Doblas Prieto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-10-01
Series:GIScience & Remote Sensing
Subjects:
matopiba
savanna clearing
land degradation
big data
fire
topography
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2020.1835080

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2020.1835080

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