Deforestation in the Kayabi Indigenous Territory: Simulating and Predicting Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Brazilian Amazon
Land use/cover change practices in the Brazilian Amazon, such as cattle ranching, logging, agriculture, mining, and urbanization are the major contributors to deforestation and have major impacts on ecosystems and environmental processes at local, regional and global scales. A simulation of future...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia
2017-04-01
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Series: | Revista Cartográfica |
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Online Access: | https://revistasipgh.org/index.php/rcar/article/view/346 |