Importance of Protected Areas by Brazilian States to Reduce Deforestation in the Amazon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22033869 |
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| Authors | Marcos V L Sousa (0000-0001-8480-2841, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão), Silas Nogueira De Melo (0000-0003-3363-5208, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, corresponding author), Juciana C B Souza (Universidade Estadual do Maranhão), Carlos Fabrício Assunção da Silva (0000-0001-7009-8996, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Yuri Feitosa (Universidade Estadual do Maranhão), Yuri Oliveira Feitosa (0000-0001-7961-2779, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão), Lindon Fonseca Matias (0000-0002-0098-771X, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 190 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2220-9964 • E-ISSN: 2220-9964 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijgi12050190 |
| OpenAlex | W4375956352 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 41 |
Protected areas (PAs) help in strategies for maintaining biodiversity and inhibiting deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. However, there are few studies that evaluate the effectiveness of lands protected by states (or federation units). Our goal was to compare land use change over 35 years in state-level PAs with another area of protection, both in the Amazon of the Maranhão state, Brazil. We employed remote sensing techniques, the geographic information system (GIS), and statistical analysis with the use of analyses of covariance (ANCOVAS) to analyze the presence of the classes of land use and change in the PA. The results indicate that the state PAs were effective in preserving forest cover and decelerating grazing. The implications of the results are discussed in the context of supporting public policies at the state level for the protection of the Amazon
Agroforestry · Amazon rainforest · Biodiversity · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Land cover · Land use · Rainforest · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Environmental Science · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Ecology · Forestry
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| Highly cited | No |
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