Susceptibility to deforestation of protected areas in Brazil’s Legal Amazon

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v15i2.200

Keywords:

Conservation Units, Factor analysis, Geoprocessing

Abstract

The establishment of a network of protected areas is fundamental for the conservation of the natural areas of the Amazon. We sought to evaluate which types of protected areas are most susceptible to deforestation using factor analysis applied to a range of spatial variables. The group of Sustainable Use Conservation Units (UCUSs) that included public and/or private domain categories (UC-US2), presented the lowest mean value of interpolated factorial synthesis, and it is expected that UCUSs belonging to this group are more susceptible to deforestation. The lowest values of interpolated factorial synthesis were observed predominantly in the areas of greater occupation. The category ‘high susceptibility to deforestation’ was predominant only in the UC-US2 group, representing more than two thirds of the areas (69.6%). In the region with the highest pressure per occupation, a higher percentage of categories of UCUS were observed that have the lowest number of use restrictions (APA, Arie and RPPN), possibly with the intention of exploiting these areas to the fullest extent.

Author Biographies

  • Jorge Luis Gavina Pereira, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

    Bachelor of Geography, graduated at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1992). Master's Degree in Remote Sensing obtained by National Institute for Space Research (1996). PhD student in Biodiversity and Biotechnology - BIONORTE (beginning 2016). Researcher at Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG) - Coordination of Earth Sciences and Ecology (COCTE). Experience in Geoscience with emphasis on Geoprocessing and Remote Sensing. His research addresses topics such as: dynamics of land use and land cover in the Amazon; characterization and quantification of landscape elements; subsidies for the creation of protected areas. He also works in the academic area teaching Geoprocessing and Remote Sensing.

  • Leandro Valle Ferreira, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

    He holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Brasilia (1985), a master's degree in Biology (Ecology) from the National Institute of Amazonian Research (1991) and a doctorate in Biology (Ecology) from the National Institute of Amazonian Research (2001). He is currently a researcher at the Emilio Goeldi Museum and a master and doctoral advisor. Has experience in Ecology, focusing on Landscape Ecology, Territorial Planning and Aquatic Ecosystems, acting on the following subjects: climate-biodiversity interaction, wetland ecology, floristic and forest inventory, permanent plot monitoring, degraded land recovery , protected area management plans and Long Term Research Projects (PELD). He is coordinator of the vegetation protocols of the TEAM_Caxiuanã and PPBIO_Caxiuanã Project and the PELD-Caxiuanã site (Site 24).

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08/26/2020

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2020): Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais

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Pereira, J. L. G., & Ferreira, L. V. (2020). Susceptibility to deforestation of protected areas in Brazil’s Legal Amazon. Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais, 15(2), 445-463. https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v15i2.200

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