Integration of qualitative and quantitative methods for land-use-change modeling in a deforestation frontier.

ABSTRACT: Development and implementation of effective protected area management to reduce deforestation depend in part on identifying factors contributing to forest loss and areas at risk of conversion, but standard land-use-change modeling may not fully capture contextual factors that are not easily quantified. To better understand deforestation and agricultural expansion in Amazonian protected areas, we combined quantitative land-use-change modeling with qualitative discourse analysis in a case study of Brazil's Jamanxim National Forest. We modeled land-use change from 2008 to 2018 and projected deforestation through 2028. We used variables identified in a review of studies that modeled land-use change in the Amazon (e.g., variables related to agricultural suitability and economic accessibility) a

SUBMITTER: Siegel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084278 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature