Abstract
The main focus of this chapter is the presentation and discussion of land use expansion based on the two latest mappings of land use in the Brazilian Cerrado (2002 and 2013); both maps were produced by interpreting Landsat satellite images. The results show a 3% increase in land occupation in the Cerrado between 2002 and 2013, which is much higher than the 1.23% increase seen in the Legal Amazônia. The area and spatial distribution of different types of land use in 2013 are shown below. A comparison of the 2002 and 2013 results is then shown. Here the emphasis is placed on the new agricultural frontier located in the northern part of the Cerrado, known as MATOPIBA , an abbreviation made up of the first two letters of the names of the states of Maranhão, Tocantins , Piauí, and Bahia. The final section considers the potential for a crop-livestock-forest integration system in the Cerrado. The chapter concludes with a discussion on one of the most important challenges facing environmentally sustainable agriculture in the Cerrado in the near future, namely precision agriculture.
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The shapefile provided by the IBGE results in different areas of the Cerrado depending on the projection system (for example, 204.7 Mha for the UTM projection system and the SAD69 datum). The value of 203.9 Mha was obtained by using the South America Albers Equal Area Conic projection system and the SIRGAS2000 datum.
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The minimum size of the polygons set by the 2002 land use and land cover mapping was 40 ha while that for the 2013 land use and land cover mapping was 6.25 ha. Therefore, a significant number of mining activities would have been unidentified in the 2002 map. Although there is no study evaluating the average size of deforestation related to mining activities, they are typically smaller than 40 ha.
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Fiscal modules correspond to the minimum area (in ha) required to make a rural property economically viable. The minimum area is set differently for each municipality, taking into account local conditions, such as the dominant type of farming in the municipality (for example, annual crops, permanent crops, livestock, or reforestation ) and the income from the predominant form of exploitation, among other conditions.
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Areas located within a rural property which must be maintained with its native vegetation (forest or non-forest). These areas are considered necessary for the sustainable use of natural resources, biodiversity conservation, the protection of wildlife and flora, as well as rehabilitation of ecological processes.
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Sano, E.E. (2019). Land Use Expansion in the Brazilian Cerrado. In: Hosono, A., Hamaguchi, N., Bojanic, A. (eds) Innovation with Spatial Impact: Sustainable Development of the Brazilian Cerrado. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6182-1_5
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