Deforestation Part 2: Database
Pedro R. Andrade
São José dos Campos, 2013
Brazilian Amazonia
Source: PRODES (INPE)
PRODES - Deforestation in Amazonia
What drives deforestation?
What drives deforestation?
Protected Areas Ports
RoadsDeforestation
Cellular Spaces
Amazonia Database
TerraView version 4.2.0 Create a database Import four shapefiles and one tif Create a Layer of Cells Fill cells plugin to create attributes Visualize the attributes
Create another Layer of cells with 50x50km and compute the same attributes again
Filling the CellularSpace
Theme Operation Attribute
PROTECTED_AREAS Percentage of total area protected
PORTS Minimum distance dist_ports
ROADS Minimum distance dist_roads
BIOMASS Percentage of Each Class biomass_
PRODES Percentage of Each Class defor_