Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012

Autores
Baumann, Matthias; Israel, Christoph; Piquer Rodriguez, María; Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio Ignacio; Volante, Jose Norberto; Kuemmerle, Tobias
Año de publicación
2017
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inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
The dry forests of Latin America are among the most dynamic deforestation frontiers in the world and are important carbon and biodiversity reservoirs. Our knowledge on the spatial patterns of deforestation and its proximate drivers remains partial though. We used the full Landsat image archive to reconstruct deforestation and post-deforestation dynamics between 1987 and 2012 for the entire Paraguayan Chaco, where deforestation has been rampant recently. Our classification resulted in reliable land-use change maps (86.16%), highlighting drastic forest losses of almost 44,000 km2 between 1987 and 2012, equaling a deforestation rate of 27% and about 1% yearly, predominantly for grasslands. These likely represented new pastures, making pasture expansion the dominant proximate cause of deforestation. Cropland expansion, in contrast, only played a minor role as a proximate deforestation cause in the Paraguayan Chaco. Deforestation more than doubled between 2001 and 2012 (~29,000 km2) compared to 1987–2000 (~14,000 km2), due to leakage effects from the deforestation ban in the Paraguayan Atlantic Forests in 2004. Interestingly, while grasslands expanded in the Paraguayan Chaco between 1987 and 2000, cattle numbers decreased during the same time period, though strongly increased since. This apparent decoupling of area change and land-use intensity may indicate that the Paraguayan Chaco experienced an amplification period during the 1990s followed by an intensification period since 2001. Thus, our results highlight the need for both, a more detailed monitoring of post-deforestation dynamics and a land systems perspective in order to understand deforestation frontiers and thus ultimately to identify strategies to better balance production and conservation goals.
Instituto de Recursos Biológicos
Fil: Baumann, Matthias. Humboldt-University Berlin. Geography Department; Alemania
Fil: Israel, Christoph. Humboldt-University Berlin. Geography Department; Alemania
Fil: Piquer Rodriguez, María. Humboldt-University Berlin. Geography Department; Alemania
Fil: Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio Ignacio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Recursos Biológicos; Argentina
Fil: Volante, Jose Norberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta. Laboratorio de Teledeteccion y SIG; Argentina
Fil: Kuemmerle, Tobias. Humboldt-University Berlin. Geography Department; Alemania. Humboldt-University Berlin. Integrative Research Institute for Transformations in Human Environment Systems; Alemania
Fuente
Regional Environmental Change 17 (4) : 1179–1191 (April 2017)
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Bosques
Deforestación
Ganado Bovino
Intensificación
Teledetección
Forests
Deforestation
Cattle
Intensification
Remote Sensing
Chaco Paraguayo
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012
title Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012
spellingShingle Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012
Baumann, Matthias
Bosques
Deforestación
Ganado Bovino
Intensificación
Teledetección
Forests
Deforestation
Cattle
Intensification
Remote Sensing
Chaco Paraguayo
title_short Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012
title_full Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012
title_fullStr Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012
title_full_unstemmed Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012
title_sort Deforestation and cattle expansion in the Paraguayan Chaco 1987–2012
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Baumann, Matthias
Israel, Christoph
Piquer Rodriguez, María
Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio Ignacio
Volante, Jose Norberto
Kuemmerle, Tobias
author Baumann, Matthias
author_facet Baumann, Matthias
Israel, Christoph
Piquer Rodriguez, María
Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio Ignacio
Volante, Jose Norberto
Kuemmerle, Tobias
author_role author
author2 Israel, Christoph
Piquer Rodriguez, María
Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio Ignacio
Volante, Jose Norberto
Kuemmerle, Tobias
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bosques
Deforestación
Ganado Bovino
Intensificación
Teledetección
Forests
Deforestation
Cattle
Intensification
Remote Sensing
Chaco Paraguayo
topic Bosques
Deforestación
Ganado Bovino
Intensificación
Teledetección
Forests
Deforestation
Cattle
Intensification
Remote Sensing
Chaco Paraguayo
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The dry forests of Latin America are among the most dynamic deforestation frontiers in the world and are important carbon and biodiversity reservoirs. Our knowledge on the spatial patterns of deforestation and its proximate drivers remains partial though. We used the full Landsat image archive to reconstruct deforestation and post-deforestation dynamics between 1987 and 2012 for the entire Paraguayan Chaco, where deforestation has been rampant recently. Our classification resulted in reliable land-use change maps (86.16%), highlighting drastic forest losses of almost 44,000 km2 between 1987 and 2012, equaling a deforestation rate of 27% and about 1% yearly, predominantly for grasslands. These likely represented new pastures, making pasture expansion the dominant proximate cause of deforestation. Cropland expansion, in contrast, only played a minor role as a proximate deforestation cause in the Paraguayan Chaco. Deforestation more than doubled between 2001 and 2012 (~29,000 km2) compared to 1987–2000 (~14,000 km2), due to leakage effects from the deforestation ban in the Paraguayan Atlantic Forests in 2004. Interestingly, while grasslands expanded in the Paraguayan Chaco between 1987 and 2000, cattle numbers decreased during the same time period, though strongly increased since. This apparent decoupling of area change and land-use intensity may indicate that the Paraguayan Chaco experienced an amplification period during the 1990s followed by an intensification period since 2001. Thus, our results highlight the need for both, a more detailed monitoring of post-deforestation dynamics and a land systems perspective in order to understand deforestation frontiers and thus ultimately to identify strategies to better balance production and conservation goals.
Instituto de Recursos Biológicos
Fil: Baumann, Matthias. Humboldt-University Berlin. Geography Department; Alemania
Fil: Israel, Christoph. Humboldt-University Berlin. Geography Department; Alemania
Fil: Piquer Rodriguez, María. Humboldt-University Berlin. Geography Department; Alemania
Fil: Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio Ignacio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Recursos Biológicos; Argentina
Fil: Volante, Jose Norberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta. Laboratorio de Teledeteccion y SIG; Argentina
Fil: Kuemmerle, Tobias. Humboldt-University Berlin. Geography Department; Alemania. Humboldt-University Berlin. Integrative Research Institute for Transformations in Human Environment Systems; Alemania
description The dry forests of Latin America are among the most dynamic deforestation frontiers in the world and are important carbon and biodiversity reservoirs. Our knowledge on the spatial patterns of deforestation and its proximate drivers remains partial though. We used the full Landsat image archive to reconstruct deforestation and post-deforestation dynamics between 1987 and 2012 for the entire Paraguayan Chaco, where deforestation has been rampant recently. Our classification resulted in reliable land-use change maps (86.16%), highlighting drastic forest losses of almost 44,000 km2 between 1987 and 2012, equaling a deforestation rate of 27% and about 1% yearly, predominantly for grasslands. These likely represented new pastures, making pasture expansion the dominant proximate cause of deforestation. Cropland expansion, in contrast, only played a minor role as a proximate deforestation cause in the Paraguayan Chaco. Deforestation more than doubled between 2001 and 2012 (~29,000 km2) compared to 1987–2000 (~14,000 km2), due to leakage effects from the deforestation ban in the Paraguayan Atlantic Forests in 2004. Interestingly, while grasslands expanded in the Paraguayan Chaco between 1987 and 2000, cattle numbers decreased during the same time period, though strongly increased since. This apparent decoupling of area change and land-use intensity may indicate that the Paraguayan Chaco experienced an amplification period during the 1990s followed by an intensification period since 2001. Thus, our results highlight the need for both, a more detailed monitoring of post-deforestation dynamics and a land systems perspective in order to understand deforestation frontiers and thus ultimately to identify strategies to better balance production and conservation goals.
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