QUANTO CERRADO PRECISAMOS PERDER PARA ESTIMULAR O CRESCIMENTO ECONÔMICO?

How much cerrado we need to lose to instill economic growth?

Abstract

ABSTRACT - This study assesses the economic development and conservation trade-offs in two municipalities, Pirapora/MG and Buritizeiro/MG, with the objective of identify and quantify the main anthropogenic pressures on the Cerrado of the study area and its ecosystem services using landscape metrics. This research used the hemeroby indices approach from the MAPBIOMAS use and coverage maps from 1985 to 2021 to characterize the composition and configuration of the landscape and possible threats to the Cerrado biome. Between the years 2014 and 2021, land use transitions, previously more susceptible to other temporary crops and forest plantation, were more present for the classes of other perennial crops, soybean and citrus, indicating some of the productive transformations in the mosaic. Our results also quantified the moderate human impact on the landscape in the evaluated temporal cut. The hemobiotic index changed from 2.461 in 1985 to 2.737 in 2021. The changes perceived in the records indicate transformations in land use for the sedimentation of an agro-export model. In this way, the region may be on a new agricultural frontier for the installation/strengthening of export-oriented crops.