Land Use in Mato Grosso

[Pages:13]Land Use in Mato Grosso

Cattle & Cropland Fred Ortiz

Overview

Study area: Mato Grosso, Brazil Exploration of land use of the cattle industry Deforestation via Google Earth animation Supportive USDA slides

Data Source

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Program for the Estimation of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (PRODES)

Criterion

Years: 2001 to 2005 > 61.8 acres (25 ha)

Validate site classifications Field observations completed in March and July 2005

Classification Classes

0 = UNCLASSIFIED (areas not covered by MODIS tiles H12V10, H12V09 or H13V10) 1 = CROPLAND 2 = PASTURE 3 = NOT IN PRODUCTION (deforested areas that were never fully cleared or returned immediately to secondary forest)

Post deforestation Land Use, Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2001-2005

Land Use: 2001-2005

Data Results

land conversion 2001 - 2005

66% pasture 17% cropland

Slaughterhouses, Mato Grosso along major road BR-163

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