DEFORESTATION MONITORING IN DIFFERENT BRAZILIAN BIOMES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS
Monitoring the conversion of native vegetation has challenged Brazilian government and scientists since the 1980s. In the case of the Amazonian forests, the Amazon Gross Deforestation Monitoring Project - PRODES has developed an effective methodology that provides consistent annual data on deforesta...
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| author | C. A. Almeida D. M. Valeriano L. Maurano L. Vinhas L. M. G. Fonseca D. Silva C. P. F. Santos F. S. R. V. Martins F. C. B. Lara J. S. Maia E. R. Profeta L. O. Santos F. C. O. Santos V. Ribeiro |
| author_facet | C. A. Almeida D. M. Valeriano L. Maurano L. Vinhas L. M. G. Fonseca D. Silva C. P. F. Santos F. S. R. V. Martins F. C. B. Lara J. S. Maia E. R. Profeta L. O. Santos F. C. O. Santos V. Ribeiro |
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| description | Monitoring the conversion of native vegetation has challenged Brazilian government and scientists since the 1980s. In the case of the Amazonian forests, the Amazon Gross Deforestation Monitoring Project - PRODES has developed an effective methodology that provides consistent annual data on deforestation areas on a scale of 1:250,000, since 1988. In this article, we present some aspects of the evolution of this methodology, the key processes to produce accurate deforestation maps during the last 30 years and the new challenges that the Project would face. A central lesson is that no computational technique has, to date, been able to achieve the quality of deforestation maps produced by visual interpretation of satellite images and manual mapping. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b1ec0231d8504e2aa7c7dbbf836d08dc2022-12-21T22:11:11ZengCopernicus PublicationsISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences2194-90422194-90502020-12-01IV-3-W2-2020475210.5194/isprs-annals-IV-3-W2-2020-47-2020DEFORESTATION MONITORING IN DIFFERENT BRAZILIAN BIOMES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONSC. A. Almeida0D. M. Valeriano1L. Maurano2L. Vinhas3L. M. G. Fonseca4D. Silva5C. P. F. Santos6F. S. R. V. Martins7F. C. B. Lara8J. S. Maia9E. R. Profeta10L. O. Santos11F. C. O. Santos12V. Ribeiro13National Institute for Space Research - INPE, São José dos Campos, BrazilNational Institute for Space Research - INPE, São José dos Campos, BrazilNational Institute for Space Research - INPE, São José dos Campos, BrazilNational Institute for Space Research - INPE, São José dos Campos, BrazilNational Institute for Space Research - INPE, São José dos Campos, BrazilNational Institute for Space Research - INPE, São José dos Campos, BrazilFoundation for Science, Technology and Space Applications - FUNCATE, São José dos Campos, BrazilFoundation for Science, Technology and Space Applications - FUNCATE, São José dos Campos, BrazilFoundation for Science, Technology and Space Applications - FUNCATE, São José dos Campos, BrazilFoundation for Science, Technology and Space Applications - FUNCATE, São José dos Campos, BrazilFoundation for Science, Technology and Space Applications - FUNCATE, São José dos Campos, BrazilFoundation for Science, Technology and Space Applications - FUNCATE, São José dos Campos, BrazilFoundation for Science, Technology and Space Applications - FUNCATE, São José dos Campos, BrazilFoundation for Science, Technology and Space Applications - FUNCATE, São José dos Campos, BrazilMonitoring the conversion of native vegetation has challenged Brazilian government and scientists since the 1980s. In the case of the Amazonian forests, the Amazon Gross Deforestation Monitoring Project - PRODES has developed an effective methodology that provides consistent annual data on deforestation areas on a scale of 1:250,000, since 1988. In this article, we present some aspects of the evolution of this methodology, the key processes to produce accurate deforestation maps during the last 30 years and the new challenges that the Project would face. A central lesson is that no computational technique has, to date, been able to achieve the quality of deforestation maps produced by visual interpretation of satellite images and manual mapping.https://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/IV-3-W2-2020/47/2020/isprs-annals-IV-3-W2-2020-47-2020.pdf |
| spellingShingle | C. A. Almeida D. M. Valeriano L. Maurano L. Vinhas L. M. G. Fonseca D. Silva C. P. F. Santos F. S. R. V. Martins F. C. B. Lara J. S. Maia E. R. Profeta L. O. Santos F. C. O. Santos V. Ribeiro DEFORESTATION MONITORING IN DIFFERENT BRAZILIAN BIOMES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| title | DEFORESTATION MONITORING IN DIFFERENT BRAZILIAN BIOMES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS |
| title_full | DEFORESTATION MONITORING IN DIFFERENT BRAZILIAN BIOMES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS |
| title_fullStr | DEFORESTATION MONITORING IN DIFFERENT BRAZILIAN BIOMES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS |
| title_full_unstemmed | DEFORESTATION MONITORING IN DIFFERENT BRAZILIAN BIOMES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS |
| title_short | DEFORESTATION MONITORING IN DIFFERENT BRAZILIAN BIOMES: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS |
| title_sort | deforestation monitoring in different brazilian biomes challenges and lessons |
| url | https://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/IV-3-W2-2020/47/2020/isprs-annals-IV-3-W2-2020-47-2020.pdf |
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