The amapaense forest landscape unit: and the incident of clear-cut deforestation between the years of 2001 and 2020

Abstract

The article proposes to analyze the evolution of the spatial and temporal pattern of landscape transformations caused by Clearcut Deforestation in the more than 10.7 million hectares that make up the Amapaense Forest Landscape Unit. The general objective is to analyze the spatial and temporal pattern of landscape transformations due to Clearcut Deforestation in the Forest Unit of the State of Amapá between the years 2001 and 2020. The specific ones were: a) Map the areas transformed by Clearcut Deforestation between 2001 and 2020; b) Analyze the spatial and temporal pattern of Clearcut Deforestation between the years 2001 and 2020. The geographical category used to develop the research was landscape, as it is from there that it is possible to observe multitemporal evolution. We used Clearcut Deforestation data obtained from the PRODES/INPE platform and also from the MapBiomas database, which has a module on Deforestation. The data was organized and superimposed on the state boundary and the Forest Landscape Unit using the TerraView software as a tool. It is possible to verify that the rate of Clear-cut Deforestation in the Amapaense Forest Landscape Unit between the years 2001 and 2020 was 0.89%, representing around 100 thousand hectares and an annual average of 5 thousand hectares/year.