Cropland expansion as a driver of land-use change: the case of Cerrado-Caatinga transition zone in Brazil

Cropland expansion as a driver of land-use change: the case of Cerrado-Caatinga transition zone in Brazil

In Brazil, forest conservation policies have centered primarily on the Amazon rainforest, given its significance to the actual discussion on climate change. Until 2018, and under a period of rigorous macroeconomic conditions, Brazil had successfully decreased Amazon’s deforestation by strengthening...

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Published in:Environment, development and sustainability Vol. 23; no. 11; pp. 17146 - 17160
Main Authors: de Espindola, Giovana Mira, de Silva Figueredo, Elayne, Picanço Júnior, Péricles, dos Reis Filho, Antonio Aderson
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-11-2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Agricultural products
Case Study
Change agents
Climate change
Deforestation
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Economic Geology
Economic Growth
Environment
Environmental Economics
Environmental Management
Environmental policy
Forest conservation
Forest management
Land
Land use
Natural vegetation
Policies
Ports
Protected areas
Rainforests
Regression analysis
Regression models
Spatial analysis
Statistical analysis
Sustainable Development
Transition zone
Vegetation
Brazil
Piauí
Matopiba
Remote sensing
Spatial regression analysis
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Summary:In Brazil, forest conservation policies have centered primarily on the Amazon rainforest, given its significance to the actual discussion on climate change. Until 2018, and under a period of rigorous macroeconomic conditions, Brazil had successfully decreased Amazon’s deforestation by strengthening national environmental policies. On the other hand, in 2015, the Brazilian government had institutionalized the Matopiba region, placed in the northeast of the Cerrado biome. In the present study, we used linear and spatial regression models to evaluate determinant factors of land-use change in the southwest region of Piauí, Brazil, placed among Cerrado and Caatinga biomes. We considered determinant factors: distribution and proportions of deforestation and significant temporary agricultural products. Our results show that the natural vegetation represented 69.68% of the total area in 2016. The distance to roads variable does not play a substantive function in defining the deforestation patterns (Coef. = − 0.03). We found that variables as distance to ports , large proprieties size , and land price significantly impact land-use transition models. Also, the study shows that protected areas have reduced the probability of deforestation in the region (Coef. = − 0.22).
ISSN:1387-585X
1573-2975
DOI:10.1007/s10668-021-01387-z