Threat and anthropic pressure mapping in jamanxim national park
International Journal of Development Research
Threat and anthropic pressure mapping in jamanxim national park
Received 18th August, 2021; Received in revised form 25th August, 2021; Accepted 22nd September, 2021; Published online 30th September, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Brenda Cunha Pereira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Jamanxim National Park is an integral protection area located in a region of use conflicts and high deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon region. This park was established, in conjunction with other protected areas also located in the region of influence of BR-163 highway, with the aim of stopping native forest deforestation close to the road. This study used publicly accessible georeferenced data, referring to deforestation values, forest cover conversion, fire hotspots and rural properties, to generate an environmental diagnosis of anthropic phenomena in the protected area region, presenting the dynamics, growth and spatialization of the phenomena associated with environmental degradation that can be monitored by satellite. The obtained results showed that the park works as a buffer against deforestation in the region and that the juxtaposition of this protected area added to other protected areas further reduces the advance of environmental degradation, yet the environmental pressure in the region reaches portions of the unit, which presents features of deforestation in its interior.
