Title
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Grasslands Using Landsat Data in Livestock Micro-Watersheds in Amazonas (NW Peru)
Date Issued
01 May 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Marin N.A.
Fernández D.G.
Murga R.E.T.
Oliva-Cruz M.
Publisher(s)
MDPI
Abstract
In Peru, grasslands monitoring is essential to support public policies related to the identification, recovery and management of livestock systems. In this study, therefore, we evaluated the spatial dynamics of grasslands in Pomacochas and Ventilla micro-watersheds (Amazonas, NW Peru). To do this, we used Landsat 5, 7 and 8 images and vegetation indices (normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), enhanced vegetation index (EVI) and soil adjusted vegetation index (SAVI). The data were processed in Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform for 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020 through random forest (RF) classification reaching accuracies above 85%. The application of RF in GEE allowed surface mapping of grasslands with pressures higher than 85%. Interestingly, our results reported the increase of grasslands in both Pomacochas (from 2457.03 ha to 3659.37 ha) and Ventilla (from 1932.38 ha to 4056.26 ha) micro-watersheds during 1990–2020. Effectively, this study aims to provide useful information for territorial planning with potential replicability for other cattle-raising regions of the country. It could further be used to improve grassland management and promote semi-extensive livestock farming.
Volume
11
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Ingeniería aeroespacial
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85132654346
Source
Land
ISSN of the container
2073445X
Sponsor(s)
This research was carried out and financed mainly by the subproject “Development of a methodology based on drones and high-resolution multispectral images for the identification and monitoring of degraded grasslands due to the effect of extensive cattle ranching as a mitigation strategy for climate change in the livestock micro-basins of Pomacochas and Molinopampa, Amazonas-RPAStures”, co-financed by contract No. 444-2019-FONDECYT, established by the Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico, Tecnológico y de Innovación (FONDECYT). In addition, by the Dirección de Desarrollo Tecnológico Agrario, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) and the SNIP Project No. 312235 “Creation of a Geomatics and Remote Sensing Laboratory Service at the Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez, Amazonas region”—GEOMÁTICA, which was financed by the National System of Public Investment (SNIP) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) of Peru.
Sources of information:
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