Indicadores para avaliação do processo de expansão da pastagem no pantanal de Cáceres/MT

Helibera Capistrano Rita Ramos de Aquino; Edinéia Aparecida dos Santos Galvanin; Sandra Mara Alves da Silva Neves

doi:10.5433/2447-1747.2018v27n2p99

Authors

Helibera Capistrano Rita Ramos de Aquino IFMT - Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology. UNEMAT.
Edinéia Aparecida dos Santos Galvanin State University of Mato Grosso. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Ourinhos Campus).
Sandra Mara Alves da Silva Neves UNEMAT.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2447-1747.2018v27n2p99

Keywords:

Wetlands, Bioinvasion, Land use.

Abstract

This work aims to use indicators to assess the pasture expansion process in the Pantanal of Cáceres-Mato Grosso, from 1999 to 2014. A spatiotemporal analysis of the past 15 years was carried out with time interval of 5 years, through images of Landsat 5 and Landsat 8. Three land use classes were mapped: Natural Forest Vegetation, Pasture and Forested Savannah + Grassy-Woody Savannah. The generated classes enable the calculation of indices for the determination of an environmental scenario in the study area. The indicators showed a growing increase in pasture area in the order of 182.34% to Pasture Occupation Index and 23.08% to Pasture Expansion Index until 2014 and showed that the suppression of Natural Forest Vegetation is greater than the suppression of Forested Savannah and Grassy-Woody Savannah. The oscillation of the indices during the study period can be attributed to the occurrences of forest fires, droughts, floods and flow. The indicators showed that despite the pasture expansion, the Pantanal of Cáceres is a region with a complex environmental dynamic, enriched and diversified, suggesting the need for constant monitoring to check human actions that threaten its environmental balance.

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Author Biographies

Helibera Capistrano Rita Ramos de Aquino, IFMT - Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology. UNEMAT.

Graduated in BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES by the University of Cuiabá, Specialist in Genetics and Evolution by IBEPEX, Master's degree in Unemat in the Graduate Program in Environment and Agricultural Production System by CNPq, participates in the Research Group on Exact, Agrarian and Environmental Sciences - She works as a teacher of basic education, technical and technological and higher exclusive Dedication regime by IFMT - Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology.

Edinéia Aparecida dos Santos Galvanin, State University of Mato Grosso. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Ourinhos Campus).

She holds a degree in Mathematics from the Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho State University (2000), a master's degree and a doctorate in Cartographic Sciences from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2002 and 2007). He is currently a PhD Assistant Professor at the Universidade Estadual Paulista (Ourinhos Campus) and a collaborating professor of the stricto sensu postgraduate program in the Environment and Systems of Agricultural Production of the State University of Mato Grosso. He holds a postdoctoral degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2015-2016) and a postdoctoral degree from Universidade do Minho - Portugal (2017). He is an ad hoc consultant for national and international journals. It mainly works in the following areas: Statistical modeling, Geotechnologies applied to environmental studies, Remote Sensing, Hydrology and Image Analysis.

Sandra Mara Alves da Silva Neves, UNEMAT.

She holds a bachelor's degree in Geography from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (1993), a Master's degree in Geography from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1999) in the area of Environmental Planning and a Ph.D. in Sciences (Geography) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2006) in the area of concentration Environmental Management and Planning. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of the State of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), at the Jane Vanini Campus in the city of Cáceres / MT and a permanent professor in the Strictly Sensu Postgraduate Programs in Environment and Systems of Agricultural Production and Geography, both of UNEMAT , respectively located in the Campi de Tangará da Serra and Cáceres. It mainly works on the following topics: Geotechnologies applied to detect changes in vegetation cover and land use, Environmental Planning and Landscape.