Sales, Marcio H. R.; Bruin, Sytze de; Souza, Carlos; Herold, Martin. Land Use and Land Cover Area Estimates From Class Membership Probability of a Random Forest Classification. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Volume 60, 09 June 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3080083 Abstract: Estimates of the area of land cover classes or land change are frequently calculated

Ritaumaria Pereira, Lisa L. Rausch, Aline Carrara, and Holly K. Gibbs “Extensive Production Practices and Incomplete Implementation Hinder Brazil’s Zero-Deforestation Cattle Agreements in Pará”, Tropical Conservation Science 13(1), (8 September 2020). https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082920942014   Abstract Global attention to the role of cattle production in Amazon deforestation led to the development of new public and private-sector supply

Nascimento, Eric de Souza; Silva, Sonaira Souza da; Bordignon, Leandra; Melo, Antonio Willian Flores de; Brandão Jr., Amintas; Souza Jr., Carlos M.; Silva Junior, Celso H. L. Roads in the Southwestern Amazon, State of Acre, between 2007 and 2019. MDPI, 23 January 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10020106 Abstract: Over the past 40 years, roads have been the main driver

Souza Jr., C.; Zanin Shimbo, J.; Rosa, M.,; Parente, L.; Alencar, A.; Rudorff, B.; Hasenack, H.; Matsumoto, M.; Ferreira, L.; Souza-Filho, P.; Oliveira, S.; Rocha, W.; Fonseca, A.; Balzani, C.; Diniz, C.; Costa, D.; Monteiro, D.; Rosa, E.; Vélez-Martin, E.; Azevedo, T. 2020/08/25. Reconstructing Three Decades of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Brazilian

Nunes, Sâmia; Oliveira Jr., Luis; Siqueira, João; Morton, Douglas C.; Souza Jr., Carlos M. Unmasking secondary vegetation dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon. Environmental Research Letters, Volume 15, Number 3, 6 March 2020. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ab76db Abstract: Secondary vegetation (SV) from land abandonment is a common transition phase between agricultural uses following tropical deforestation. The impact of SV on

Saraiva, Marciano; Protas, Églen; Salgado, Moisés; Souza; Carlos. Automatic Mapping of Center Pivot Irrigation Systems from Satellite Images Using Deep Learning. Remote Sensing, 7 February 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030558 Abstract: The availability of freshwater is becoming a global concern. Because agricultural consumption has been increasing steadily, the mapping of irrigated areas is key for supporting the monitoring

Bullock, Eric L.; Woodcock, Curtis E.; Souza Jr., Carlos; Olofsson, Pontus. Satellite-based estimates reveal widespread forest degradation in the Amazon. Global Change Biology, 05 February 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15029 Abstract: Anthropogenic and natural forest disturbance cause ecological damage and carbon emissions. Forest disturbance in the Amazon occurs in the form of deforestation (conversion of forest to non-forest

Parente, Leandro; Taquary, Evandro; Silva, Ana Paula; Souza, Carlos. Ferreira, Laerte. Next Generation Mapping: Combining Deep Learning, Cloud Computing, and Big Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing, 3 December 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232881 Abstract: The rapid growth of satellites orbiting the planet is generating massive amounts of data for Earth science applications. Concurrently, state-of-the-art deep-learning-based algorithms and cloud

Brito, B., Barreto, P., Brandão Jr, A., Baima, S., Gomes, P. H. Stimulus for land grabbing and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Enviromental Research Letters. Accepted Manuscript. Abstract: We assessed the impact on the Brazilian Amazon of a 2017 land law that reinforces a mechanism for acquiring land rights historically linked to deforestation, since land grabbers

Souza Jr, C., Kirchhoff, F. Oliveira, B. Ribeiro, J. Sales, M. Long-Term Annual Surface Water Change in the Brazilian Amazon Biome: Potential Links with Deforestation, Infrastructure Development and Climate Change. Water, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2019. The Brazilian Amazon is one of the areas on the planet with the fastest changes in forest cover due