Export-oriented deforestation in Mato Grosso: harbinger or exception for other tropical forests?

Export-oriented deforestation in Mato Grosso: harbinger or exception for other tropical forests?

The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso was a global deforestation hotspot in the early 2000s. Deforested land is used predominantly to produce meat for distal consumption either through cattle ranching or soya bean for livestock feed. Deforestation declined dramatically in the latter part of the decade through a combination of market forces, policies, enforcement and improved monitoring. This study...

Near real - time deforestation detection for enforcement of forest reserves in Mato Grosso

We have developed a near-real time deforestation monitoring system, named SAD (Sistema de Alerta de Desmatamento) to monitor the Brazilian Amazon states. Here, we present how SAD works and has been used to monitor deforestation in different types of forest reserves in the State of Mato Grosso, and the potential use of this information to stop illegal deforestation in these reserves. The types o...

Deforestation control in Mato Grosso: a new model for slowing the loss of Brazil's Amazon forest.

Controlling deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region has long been illusive despite repeated efforts of government authorities to slow the process. From 1997 to 2000, deforestation rates in Brazil's 9-state "Legal Amazon" region continually crept upward. Now, a licensing and enforcement program for clearing by large farmers and ranchers in the state of Mato Grosso appears to be having an effect....

Soy moratorium impacts on soybean and deforestation dynamics in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Previous research has established the usefulness of remotely sensed vegetation index (VI) data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) to characterize the spatial dynamics of agriculture in the state of Mato Grosso (MT), Brazil. With these data it has become possible to track MT agriculture, which accounts for ~85% of Brazilian Amazon soy production, across periods of sev...

Deforestation Detection in Cerrado Biome of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, Using Multisensor Images