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Near Real Time Monitoring of Habitat Change Using Neural Network and a MODIS data

Terra-i is a system of habitat changes monitoring that uses different

mathematical models that combine vegetation data (MODIS NDVI) and

precipitation data (TRMM) to detect deviations from the natural cycle of

the vegetation over time and thus antrophogenic impacts on natural

ecosystems.

What is Terra-

It has maps of habitat loss every 16 days at the continental level with 250 meters of spatial

resolution.

Results Latin America

Loss detections Jan 2004

Oct 2012

Brazil

Bolivia

Peru

Loss detections

Jan 2004

Oct 2012

According to Gupta (2012) “Glocal forest and REDD+ governance: win–win or lose–lose?”. Curr. Opi. in Env. Sust. Cash crops, shifting agriculture, livestock and mining are the proximate drivers of local deforestation

OVERVIEW: SL BRAZIL-PERU-BOLIVIA

Acre

Pando

Ucayali

Madre de Dios

For every 16 days periods, Terra-i has been able to track the areas of rapid forest-cover change

Case study: Peruvian artisanal mining

Visualize the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5MTa13cb8g

Detection around Mining zone in Madre de Dios, Peru

Case study: Sanguijuelosa Forest, Sierra de Rio Tinto NF, Honduras

GreenWood and the Fundación Madera

Verde, 2013

Case study: Sanguijuelosa Forest, Sierra de Rio Tinto NF, Honduras

Sanguijuelosa Forest Disturbances Photo, Source: GreenWood, Feb 2013

Improve more and more our system by developing methodologies for analyzing the information generated.

Case study: The Amazon Basin

Deforestation patterns

Future Scenarios

Using Terra-i data and independent datasets (distance to

cities, roads, rivers, elevation, among others) to create future

scenarios where land-use changes are likely to happen

Before Road Improvements After Road Improvements

Integration Terra-i with others Policy Support Systems

WaterWorld Co$ting Nature

Terra-i has been used within the WaterWorld and Co$ting Nature Policy Support Systems to

understand the impact of recent land cover change on hydrology and the production and delivery

of ecosystem services.

www.terra-i.org

- Ongoing support and project promotion on the social networks -

Visualization tool

- Explore, visualize and get Terra-i data - http://www.terra-i.org/terra-i/data/data-statistics.html

Contact us: [email protected]