Uso do geoprocessamento para a avaliação do uso e ocupação de solo no município de Humaitá - AM

Abstract

The opening of the roads, connecting the northern region to the other regions of the country culminated in the advance of the agricultural frontier adding as activities monoculture and intensive livestock, where previously only the polyculture and extractivism, since the municipality of Humaitá - AM is located in a strategic location which makes the municipality a pole in the south of Amazonas, serving as support for several nearby municipalities and districts, with regard to the flow of products, bringing with it a greater need for changes in the environment.. Thus, this study sought, from the use of geoprocessing to evaluate the changes in land use and occupation of this municipality, between the years 2000 to 2021. To fulfill this objective, data from the MapBiomas project were used and processed using free software. As a result, there was an increase of 1.053% of pasture areas and 0.042% in areas used for temporary crops, as well as a small but continuous reduction in forest areas totaling a reduction of 1.06% between the years 2000 and 2021, thus demonstrating a trend of increasing agricultural areas in this region.