Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Diversity and Life Zone for Uncontacted Indigenous People: Deforestation Hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon

Land use and land cover change (LULC) is an essential component for the monitoring environmental change and managing natural resources in areas of high natural and cultural biodiversity, such as the Amazon biome. This study was conducted in in the northern Amazon of Ecuador, specifically in the Dive...

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Autores principales:	Marco Heredia-R, Bolier Torres, Francisco Cabrera-Torres, Emma Torres, Carlos G. H. Díaz-Ambrona, Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	forest indigenous peoples traditional productive systems migrant settlers Plant ecology QK900-989
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:75f3297e6baf4f19b3e672d62e15f5942021-11-25T17:38:27ZLand Use and Land Cover Changes in the Diversity and Life Zone for Uncontacted Indigenous People: Deforestation Hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon10.3390/f121115391999-4907https://doaj.org/article/75f3297e6baf4f19b3e672d62e15f5942021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/11/1539https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4907Land use and land cover change (LULC) is an essential component for the monitoring environmental change and managing natural resources in areas of high natural and cultural biodiversity, such as the Amazon biome. This study was conducted in in the northern Amazon of Ecuador, specifically in the Diversity and Life Zone (DLZ) of the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve (YBR). The general aim was to investigate the territorial dynamics of land use/land cover changes to support policies for environmental and sociocultural protection in the DLZ. Specific objectives included (i) mapping LULC spatial and temporal dynamics in the DLZ in the period from 1999 to 2018, (ii) identifying sensitive LULC hotspots within the DLZ, and (iii) defining the possible policy implications for sustainable land use in the DLZ. Multitemporal satellite imagery from the Landsat series was used to map changes in LULC, which were divided into three-time stages (1999–2009, 2009–2018, 1999–2018). We adopted open-access Landsat images downloaded from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The processes for assessing LULC in the DLZ included (1) data collection and analysis, (2) data processing for remote sensing, (3) thematic land cover, and (4) homogenization and vectorization of images. The results showed that in the period 1999–2018, most of the uses and land cover were transformed into pastures in the DLZ. Therefore, it is important to improve territorial planning, to avoid conflicts between indigenous populations, migrant settlers, and uncontacted indigenous populations that live in the DLZ, within the YBR.Marco Heredia-RBolier TorresFrancisco Cabrera-TorresEmma TorresCarlos G. H. Díaz-AmbronaSalvatore Eugenio PappalardoMDPI AGarticleforestindigenous peoplestraditional productive systemsmigrant settlersPlant ecologyQK900-989ENForests, Vol 12, Iss 1539, p 1539 (2021)
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spellingShingle	forest indigenous peoples traditional productive systems migrant settlers Plant ecology QK900-989 Marco Heredia-R Bolier Torres Francisco Cabrera-Torres Emma Torres Carlos G. H. Díaz-Ambrona Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Diversity and Life Zone for Uncontacted Indigenous People: Deforestation Hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon
description	Land use and land cover change (LULC) is an essential component for the monitoring environmental change and managing natural resources in areas of high natural and cultural biodiversity, such as the Amazon biome. This study was conducted in in the northern Amazon of Ecuador, specifically in the Diversity and Life Zone (DLZ) of the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve (YBR). The general aim was to investigate the territorial dynamics of land use/land cover changes to support policies for environmental and sociocultural protection in the DLZ. Specific objectives included (i) mapping LULC spatial and temporal dynamics in the DLZ in the period from 1999 to 2018, (ii) identifying sensitive LULC hotspots within the DLZ, and (iii) defining the possible policy implications for sustainable land use in the DLZ. Multitemporal satellite imagery from the Landsat series was used to map changes in LULC, which were divided into three-time stages (1999–2009, 2009–2018, 1999–2018). We adopted open-access Landsat images downloaded from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The processes for assessing LULC in the DLZ included (1) data collection and analysis, (2) data processing for remote sensing, (3) thematic land cover, and (4) homogenization and vectorization of images. The results showed that in the period 1999–2018, most of the uses and land cover were transformed into pastures in the DLZ. Therefore, it is important to improve territorial planning, to avoid conflicts between indigenous populations, migrant settlers, and uncontacted indigenous populations that live in the DLZ, within the YBR.
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author	Marco Heredia-R Bolier Torres Francisco Cabrera-Torres Emma Torres Carlos G. H. Díaz-Ambrona Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo
author_facet	Marco Heredia-R Bolier Torres Francisco Cabrera-Torres Emma Torres Carlos G. H. Díaz-Ambrona Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo
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title	Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Diversity and Life Zone for Uncontacted Indigenous People: Deforestation Hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon
title_short	Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Diversity and Life Zone for Uncontacted Indigenous People: Deforestation Hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon
title_full	Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Diversity and Life Zone for Uncontacted Indigenous People: Deforestation Hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon
title_fullStr	Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Diversity and Life Zone for Uncontacted Indigenous People: Deforestation Hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon
title_full_unstemmed	Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Diversity and Life Zone for Uncontacted Indigenous People: Deforestation Hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon
title_sort	land use and land cover changes in the diversity and life zone for uncontacted indigenous people: deforestation hotspots in the yasuní biosphere reserve, ecuadorian amazon
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/75f3297e6baf4f19b3e672d62e15f594
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Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Diversity and Life Zone for Uncontacted Indigenous People: Deforestation Hotspots in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon

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