Understanding spatial patterns of land use and land cover is essential for studies
addressing biodiversity, climate change and environmental modeling as well as for the …

There has been growing concern about land use/land cover change in tropical regions, as
there is evidence of its influence on the observed increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide …

Deforestation maps derived from Landsat Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS) and Thematic
Mapper (TM) imagery were used to analyse spatial patterns of deforestation in the 1970s …

The potential impact of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon on greenhouse gas emissions
to the atmosphere calls for policies that take account of changes in forest cover. Although …

This paper presents a dataset of yearly land use and land cover classification maps for Mato
Grosso State, Brazil, from 2001 to 2017. Mato Grosso is one of the world's fast moving …

This paper provides a comparative analysis of land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes
among three study areas with different biophysical environments in the Brazilian Amazon at …

Central Rondônia is one of the most deforested regions in the Brazilian Amazon and
contains areas at different stages of degradation forming a gradient from mature forest to …

The pasturelands areas of Brazil constitute an important asset for the country, as the main
food source for the world's largest commercial herd, representing the largest stock of open …

Forest fragmentation and deforestation are subjects of great concern in tropical regions,
namely in South America and Africa, contributing to a rapid loss of tropical forest area and …

The paper investigated the application of MODIS data for mapping regional land cover at
moderate resolutions (250 and 500 m), for regional conservation purposes. Land cover …