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| NEPSTAD, D. C.; KLINK, C. A.; UHL, C.; VIEIRA, I. C.; LEFEBVRE, P.; PEDLOWSKI, M.; MATRICARDI, E.; NEGREIROS, G.; BROWN, I. F.; AMARAL, E.; HOMMA, A.; WALKER, R.. |
| The total area and annual rate of native vegetation clearing is greatest in the Cerrado region followed by the Brazilian states of Para, Mato Grosso, Maranhao and Rondonia. Amazonian forest clearing proceeds most quickly where abundant natural resources (wood or land) are accessible by roads and close to markets. These regions are concentrated along the eastern and southern flanks of Amazonia, particularly in eastern Para, Cuiaba and Rondonia. There are still large discrepancies in estimates of annual deforestation; Landsat (Thematic Mapper-based) mapping of deforestation in the closed-canopy forests of Amazonia has not include non-Brazilian countries and is incomplete for the cerrado biome. Amazonian deforestation was last mapped 1994. Current estimates... |
| Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) |
Palavras-chave: Cerrado; Uso da terra; Impacto ambiental; Amazônia; Brasil; Land use; Enviromental impact; Brazil. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/1030465 |
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