The Increase in deforestation in Madre de Dios, during the COVID-19 pandemic
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https://doi.org/10.55873/rba.v2i1.237Keywords:
deforestation, public forestry policies, illegal logging, vegetationAbstract
Deforestation generates multiple problems for humanity, a fundamental reason being the restoration of these critical biomes. In this study, we evaluated four timelines, from 2018 to 2021, using longitudinal data from remote sensing, in the Madre de Dios Region. The study was carried out in an area of 85,301.00 km2, in the southeast of the Peruvian territory. Using Landsat 8 satellite images of the OLI sensor, in ENVI ESRI© and ArcGis ESRI© software, with its different packages and analysis tools. Validating the images with high-resolution images from the SPOT satellite, which was launched in 1986 and the PlanetScope (PS2) satellite launched in 2014, the land use cover patterns were defined and classifications were obtained for the analysis and quantification of the information. Coming to the conclusion that the pandemic was a determining factor in the trend of Amazon deforestation, presenting a decrease in the loss of forests in the year 2020.
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