Alteração da cobertura vegetal do Sul da Bahia
Keywords:
Desmatamento, Ecologia, Fitogeografia, Cartografia, Deforestation, Ecology, Phytogeography, Cartography, BahiaAbstract
Abstract:
This work tries to evaluate the changes of the plant covering in the south of Bahia and borbering countries of the Minas Gerais state. The use of LANDSAT images taken in 1973 and 1978, as well as some RADARS images and field works, made feasible the definitive working out of the maps on 1:1.000.000 scale. The speed with which the forests of the south of Bahia were devastated, is not a novelty. The forest is being substituted by pasture. Extensive forest areas are observed in which destruction is still being done. The current work tries also to point out areas which, due to swift devastation, run the risk of irreversible degradation. On the other hand, it will try, through comparative maps of plant covering with an interval of only five years, to point out feasible options for preservation of fragile areas, still covered by forest vegetation, which must have the care and attention of the responsible agencies.
