Deforestation Part 2: Database Pedro R. Andrade São José dos Campos, 2013

Brazilian Amazonia Source: PRODES (INPE)

PRODES - Deforestation in Amazonia

What drives deforestation?

Protected Areas Ports Roads Deforestation Cellular Spaces

Amazonia Database TerraView version 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 ThemeOperationAttribute PROTECTED_AREASPercentage of total areaprotected PORTSMinimum distancedist_ports ROADSMinimum distancedist_roads BIOMASSPercentage of Each Classbiomass_ PRODESPercentage of Each Classdefor_