Abstract

OLIVARES-CAMPOS, Barlin Orlando; LOPEZ-BELTRAN, Miguel Armando  and  LOBO-LUJAN, Deyanira. Changes in land use and vegetation in the agrarian community Kashaama, Anzoátegui, Venezuela: 2001-2013. Rev. Geog. Amer. Central [online]. 2019, n.63, pp.224-246. ISSN 2215-2563.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15359/rgac.63-2.10.

Changes in land cover and land use are increasingly relevant to understanding the elements of friction between agricultural communities and terrestrial ecosystems that support them. The objective of this study was to analyze changes in land use and vegetation in the indigenous community of Kashaama, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela. Digital images derived from a Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) were used that contain information on the different land use and vegetation coverages for the years 2001 and 2013. The indigenous community studied, presents a significant process of transformation of the plant cover to anthropogenic land uses, putting at risk the goods and ecosystem services for the population.

Keywords : agriculture; degradation; geomatics; sustainability; ecosystem..

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