Land use/land cover (LULC) analysis (2009–2019) with Google Earth Engine and 2030 prediction using Markov-CA in the Rondônia State, Brazil

IX Floreano, LAF de Moraes - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2021 - Springer
The Amazonian biome is important not only for South America but also for the entire planet,
providing essential environmental services. The state of Rondônia ranks third in …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of drought on land productivity and degradation in the Brazilian semiarid region

F Paredes-Trejo, HA Barbosa, GA Daldegan, I Teich… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Brazilian semiarid region (BSR) has faced severe drought over the last three decades,
which has led to a significant decline in land productivity, posing a considerable threat to …

Reforestation reversals and forest transitions

S Sloan - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Forest transitions in Latin America have long been presumed to be characterized by
progressively stable, expansive reforestation. Numerous studies note a dynamism …

[HTML][HTML] A platform for land use and land cover data integration and trajectory analysis

F Zioti, KR Ferreira, GR Queiroz, AK Neves… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on land use and land cover (LULC) is essential to support governments
in making decisions about the impact of human activities on the environment, planning the …

Analysis of extreme rainfall and landslides in the metropolitan region of the Paraiba do Sul River Valley and North Coast of Sao Paulo, Brazil

RC da Silva, JA Marengo, M Ruv Lemes - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Springer
The impact of hydrological and geological disasters has resulted in significant social,
economic, and human losses, which added climate change impacts, and such events have …

[HTML][HTML] Drought variability and land degradation in the Amazon River basin

F Paredes-Trejo, H Barbosa, J Giovannettone… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Amazon River Basin (ARB) plays an essential role in global climate regulation. Recent
studies have revealed signs of increasing drought conditions in different parts of the basin …

Balancing natural forest regrowth and tree planting to ensure social fairness and compliance with environmental policies

M Gastauer, AS Miazaki, R Crouzeilles… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental benefits and lower implementation costs of (assisted) natural forest
regrowth (NFR) compared to tree planting qualify it as a viable strategy to scale up forest …

[HTML][HTML] Study of ecosystem degradation dynamics in the Peruvian Highlands: Landsat time-series trend analysis (1985–2022) with ARVI for different vegetation cover …

D Cano, S Pizarro, C Cacciuttolo, R Peñaloza… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The high-Andean vegetation ecosystems of the Bombón Plateau in Peru face increasing
degradation due to aggressive anthropogenic land use and the climate change scenario …

[HTML][HTML] Land Use Changes in the Teles Pires River Basin's Amazon and Cerrado Biomes, Brazil, 1986–2020

A Kraeski, FT de Almeida, AP de Souza… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Teles Pires River basin in Brazil's center-west has recently expanded agricultural
economic development at the expense of both the Amazon rainforest and Cerrado …

[PDF][PDF] Análise multitemporal de uso, ocupação e cobertura da terra na zona Leste da cidade de Caxias/Maranhão/Brasil

PB Pereira, HK Nunes, FA Araújo - Rev Bras Geogr Fisica, 2021 - periodicos.ufpe.br
Com o avanço da quantidade de habitantes no espaço urbano surgem novas formas de
modificações no ambiente, e, assim, há o favorecimento da intensificação do processo de …