Temporal Analysis of Forest Fragmentation in the Amazon Rainforest of Tocantins State, Brazil

The Amazon Rainforest presents intense pressure from agricultural and cattle farming activities on its forest remnants, which promotes fragmentation. present study aimed to quantify structural changes in the landscape state of Tocantins, Brazil, that occurred between 1985 2020 using Mapbiomas data metrics. MAPBIOMS images were used delimit fragments size classes. Landscape metrics estimated Fragstats® software. In Rainforest, grassland, savanna showed a fragmentation process 2020, with reduction their total area number fragments, less rounded shapes loss core areas, need environmental policies protect remnants interrupt Forest fragmentation, especially Rainforest.