Spatio-temporal assessment of selective logging in Pará state, Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.5902/1980509871255

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Amazon, Tropical Forest, Remote sensing

Abstract

Detecting and monitoring selectively logged forests can improve the scientific knowledge related to the effects of forest degradation in tropical forests and support the environmental law enforcement of controlling and monitoring those forest activities in the Amazon region. In this study, we analyzed the spatial and temporal dynamics of forests disturbed by selective logging in Pará state, Brazil, using a time series (1992 to 2018) of Landsat images and remote sensing techniques. Forests affected by those activities were mapped using visual interpretation and semi-automatic remote sensing techniques. The results of this study showed that approximately 20% of the forests selectively logged for timber purposes were deforested in the studied area and period. We observed that the total area of forests altered by selective logging exceeded the deforested area in some years of this analysis. There was an increase in selectively logged forests within protected areas (Conservation Units and Indigenous Lands) between 1992 and 2018. Most of the selectively logged forests were spatially located in the region known as the arc of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. More recently, forests impacted by those activities have been detected in the new deforestation frontiers in western Pará.

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Jocemara Viana de Souza, University of Brasília

I am currently a master's student in the Postgraduate course in Forest Sciences at the University of Brasília. Graduated from the Forestry Engineering course at the University of Brasília (UnB). During graduation he participated in three Scientific Initiation programs.

Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi, University of Brasília

Engenheiro Florestal, com Mestrado e Doutorado em Geografia (concentração em Geoprocessamento) pela Michigan State University, EUA. Experiência em pesquisas e monitoramento ambiental na Amazônia, Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico, degradação florestal por extração seletiva de madeiras e incêndios florestais com imagens de satélite,  mudanças do uso e cobertura da terra, análise de informações geográficas e sensoriamento remoto aplicado a análises florestais e ambientais.

Marcos Antônio Pedlowski, Universidade Estadual Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro

Marcos Antonio Pedlowski completed his degree in Geography from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1986, where he also obtained his Master's degree in Geography in 1990. Marcos Antonio Pedlowski earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1997. Since 1998 he is an associate professor at the Laboratory of Studies of the Anthropic Space of the State University of Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro. He has experience in environmental studies, with emphasis on geographical approaches, working mainly on the following topics: agrarian reform, changes in vegetation cover and land use in the Amazon, and the social and environmental impacts of the use of pesticides in Brazilian agriculture. He is also an external collaborating researcher at the Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change at the University of Lisbon, and has ongoing collaborations with researchers from the USA and Finland.

Eder Pereira Miguel, University of Brasília

Forest Engineer, Master in Forest Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná (2008) and PhD in Forest Sciences from the University of Brasília (2014). He is currently adjunct professor IV at the University of Brasília, teaching classes and guiding undergraduate and graduate students. He has experience in forest resources and forest engineering, working in the large area of forest management, with emphasis on forest inventory, biomass, carbon, modeling of growth and production of native and planted forests, and use of artificial intelligence tools applied to forest resources. Leader of the CNPq Research Group entitled Dynamics, Management and Management of Forest Production of the University of Brasília -UnB.

Reginaldo Sérgio Pereira, University of Brasília

He holds a degree in Forestry Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (1999) and a Doctorate in Forest Sciences from the Federal University of Viçosa (2005). He is currently Associate Professor III of the University of Brasília (UnB), working in the Department of Forest Engineering of the Faculty of Technology, and Director of the Experimental Station Fazenda Água Limpa (FAL) of UnB. He is a reviewer of The Tree, Forest, Cerne and Scientia Forestalis Magazines. He has experience in Forest Resources and Forestry Engineering, with emphasis on Forest Exploration, working mainly on the following topics: management, mechanization, harvesting, transport and forest roads, and forest ergonomics. He guides undergraduate (TCC and PIBIC) and Graduate (Master and Doctorate) students. The research projects involve studies in planted forests, Cerrado and Amazon. Currently, he holds the position of Director of the Experimental Station of UnB, Fazenda Água Limpa (FAL)

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2024-06-07

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Souza, J. V. de, Matricardi, E. A. T., Pedlowski, M. A., Miguel, E. P., & Pereira, R. S. (2024). Spatio-temporal assessment of selective logging in Pará state, Brazil. Ciência Florestal, 34(2), e71255. https://doi.org/10.5902/1980509871255

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