Dynamics of environmental conservation: Evaluating the past for a sustainable future
The biodiversity of the Cerrado biome is endangered. Ensuring its quality requires maintaining its biogeophysical characteristics, and environmental studies must consider space-time scales and sustainable perspectives to balance environmental, economic, and social needs. This study evaluates environ...
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| author | Allita Rezende dos Santos Phelipe da Silva Anjinho Gabriela Leite Neves Mariana Abibi Guimarães Araujo Barbosa Leonardo Campos de Assis Frederico Fábio Mauad |
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| description | The biodiversity of the Cerrado biome is endangered. Ensuring its quality requires maintaining its biogeophysical characteristics, and environmental studies must consider space-time scales and sustainable perspectives to balance environmental, economic, and social needs. This study evaluates environmental conservation in a hydrographic basin in Brazil’s São Paulo state and proposes integrating two types of spatial analysis generally applied separately. The Land Change Modeler was used to model future land use by using artificial neural networks and CA-Markov. Environmental conservation levels were obtained through multicriteria evaluation for three scenarios, verified through field visits and the application of an ecological diversity protocol. Significant changes were noted, primarily related to anthropic disorders, with land use map values for 2028 indicating dominant trends in the anthropized area and silviculture. Priority areas for conservation are the reservoir, Brazilian Cerrado, wetlands, bodies of water, riparian forest, and silviculture. Fragmented natural vegetation was identified in regions with springs and high, but dispersed, values of environmental conservation. Mean and minimum values anticipated increase, indicating a tendency for degradation, which could be mitigated by incentive policies for preservation and conservation. Environmental management and inspection by public agencies are needed at reservoir sites used for recreation, tourism, and fishing. Finally, the study’s integrated methods proved satisfactory for assessing conservation dynamics and providing data to inform strategic planning for effective land use management focused on sustaining natural resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d982b1469ab54729a685d2ea6bb024cd2022-12-22T02:41:20ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation1569-84322021-10-01102102452Dynamics of environmental conservation: Evaluating the past for a sustainable futureAllita Rezende dos Santos0Phelipe da Silva Anjinho1Gabriela Leite Neves2Mariana Abibi Guimarães Araujo Barbosa3Leonardo Campos de Assis4Frederico Fábio Mauad5University of São Paulo, Center of Water Resources and Environmental Studies, Avenue Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, Centro, Zip Code: 13.560-590, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Corresponding author.University of São Paulo, Center of Water Resources and Environmental Studies, Avenue Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, Centro, Zip Code: 13.560-590, São Carlos, SP, BrazilUniversity of São Paulo, Center of Water Resources and Environmental Studies, Avenue Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, Centro, Zip Code: 13.560-590, São Carlos, SP, BrazilUniversity of São Paulo, Center of Water Resources and Environmental Studies, Avenue Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, Centro, Zip Code: 13.560-590, São Carlos, SP, BrazilUniversity of Uberaba, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Geoprocessing Laboratory, Avenue Nenê Sabino, 1697, Universitário, Zip code: 38.055-500, Uberaba, MG, BrazilUniversity of São Paulo, Center of Water Resources and Environmental Studies, Avenue Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, Centro, Zip Code: 13.560-590, São Carlos, SP, BrazilThe biodiversity of the Cerrado biome is endangered. Ensuring its quality requires maintaining its biogeophysical characteristics, and environmental studies must consider space-time scales and sustainable perspectives to balance environmental, economic, and social needs. This study evaluates environmental conservation in a hydrographic basin in Brazil’s São Paulo state and proposes integrating two types of spatial analysis generally applied separately. The Land Change Modeler was used to model future land use by using artificial neural networks and CA-Markov. Environmental conservation levels were obtained through multicriteria evaluation for three scenarios, verified through field visits and the application of an ecological diversity protocol. Significant changes were noted, primarily related to anthropic disorders, with land use map values for 2028 indicating dominant trends in the anthropized area and silviculture. Priority areas for conservation are the reservoir, Brazilian Cerrado, wetlands, bodies of water, riparian forest, and silviculture. Fragmented natural vegetation was identified in regions with springs and high, but dispersed, values of environmental conservation. Mean and minimum values anticipated increase, indicating a tendency for degradation, which could be mitigated by incentive policies for preservation and conservation. Environmental management and inspection by public agencies are needed at reservoir sites used for recreation, tourism, and fishing. Finally, the study’s integrated methods proved satisfactory for assessing conservation dynamics and providing data to inform strategic planning for effective land use management focused on sustaining natural resources.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303243421001598Change detectionLand use changeRemote sensing and GISMulticriteria evaluationWeightingFuzzy |
| spellingShingle | Allita Rezende dos Santos Phelipe da Silva Anjinho Gabriela Leite Neves Mariana Abibi Guimarães Araujo Barbosa Leonardo Campos de Assis Frederico Fábio Mauad Dynamics of environmental conservation: Evaluating the past for a sustainable future International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation Change detection Land use change Remote sensing and GIS Multicriteria evaluation Weighting Fuzzy |
| title | Dynamics of environmental conservation: Evaluating the past for a sustainable future |
| title_full | Dynamics of environmental conservation: Evaluating the past for a sustainable future |
| title_fullStr | Dynamics of environmental conservation: Evaluating the past for a sustainable future |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynamics of environmental conservation: Evaluating the past for a sustainable future |
| title_short | Dynamics of environmental conservation: Evaluating the past for a sustainable future |
| title_sort | dynamics of environmental conservation evaluating the past for a sustainable future |
| topic | Change detection Land use change Remote sensing and GIS Multicriteria evaluation Weighting Fuzzy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303243421001598 |
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