Deforestation in the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico during the period 1993-2017
Deforestation due to land use change has been considered one of the leading causes of biological diversity loss, increasing carbon emissions, and other greenhouse gases. In recent decades there have been drastic changes in the forest cover of the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo. To contribute...
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
2022
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| author | Huchin Ochoa, Saida Aglae Navarro-Martínez, Angélica Ellis, Edward Alan Hernández Gómez, Irving Uriel |
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| description | Deforestation due to land use change has been considered one of the leading causes of biological diversity loss, increasing carbon emissions, and other greenhouse gases. In recent decades there have been drastic changes in the forest cover of the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo. To contribute to the sustainable management of the forests of Bacalar, forest cover change dynamics during the period 1993-2017 were studied through the analysis of satellite images and GIS; in addition, the main drivers of deforestation were identified with the integration of georeferenced ecological, socioeconomic, and institutional information at the community level, using ANOVA statistics. Results show that a total of 75 263 ha of forest cover was lost during the study period, representing an annual deforestation rate of 0.7%. Most deforestation occurred in the southwestern region of Bacalar. Deforestation in ejido communities was associated with urbanization, parcellation of communal lands, the number of parcels under production, as well as the age and total population. Communities with larger proportions of secondary and mature forests, and the number of ejido members (ejidatarios) or non-member residents (avecindados), tended to have lower deforestation. The results of this study are useful to guide public policies related to land use planning in the region. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.myb.ojs.inecol.mx:article-23962023-03-07T02:01:25Z Deforestation in the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico during the period 1993-2017 Deforestación en el municipio de Bacalar, Quintana Roo, México durante el período 1993-2017 Huchin Ochoa, Saida Aglae Navarro-Martínez, Angélica Ellis, Edward Alan Hernández Gómez, Irving Uriel análisis de comunidad bosque tropical impulsores de deforestación dinámica forestal imágenes de satélite sistemas de información geográfica community analysis tropical forests drivers of deforestation forest dynamics satellite images geographic information systems Deforestation due to land use change has been considered one of the leading causes of biological diversity loss, increasing carbon emissions, and other greenhouse gases. In recent decades there have been drastic changes in the forest cover of the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo. To contribute to the sustainable management of the forests of Bacalar, forest cover change dynamics during the period 1993-2017 were studied through the analysis of satellite images and GIS; in addition, the main drivers of deforestation were identified with the integration of georeferenced ecological, socioeconomic, and institutional information at the community level, using ANOVA statistics. Results show that a total of 75 263 ha of forest cover was lost during the study period, representing an annual deforestation rate of 0.7%. Most deforestation occurred in the southwestern region of Bacalar. Deforestation in ejido communities was associated with urbanization, parcellation of communal lands, the number of parcels under production, as well as the age and total population. Communities with larger proportions of secondary and mature forests, and the number of ejido members (ejidatarios) or non-member residents (avecindados), tended to have lower deforestation. The results of this study are useful to guide public policies related to land use planning in the region. La deforestación por cambios en el uso del suelo forestal a otro no forestal ha sido considerada una de las principales causas de pérdida de diversidad biológica, incremento de emisiones de bióxido de carbono y otros gases de efecto invernadero. En las últimas décadas se han manifestado importantes cambios en la cobertura forestal del municipio de Bacalar. Con la finalidad de contribuir a la gestión sostenible de las selvas de dicho municipio, a través del análisis de imágenes de satélite y sistemas de información geográfica, se estudió la dinámica de cambio en la cobertura forestal durante el periodo 1993-2017; además se determinaron los principales impulsores de la deforestación con la integración de información ecológica, socioeconómica e institucional georreferenciadas a escala de comunidad y aplicando la prueba estadística ANOVA. Los resultados muestran que durante el periodo de estudio se perdió un total de 75 263 hectáreas de cobertura forestal, lo que representa una tasa anual de deforestación de 0.7%. La mayor deforestación ocurrió en la región suroeste de Bacalar. La deforestación en comunidades ejidales fue asociada con la urbanización, parcelación de tierras comunales, número de terrenos bajo producción, así como la antigüedad y población total. Ejidos con mayor porcentaje de vegetación secundaria y madura, y menor número de ejidatarios y avecindados, tienden a deforestar menos. Esta información es de gran utilidad para orientar las políticas públicas relacionadas con la planeación del territorio en la región. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2022-12-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/xml https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/2396 10.21829/myb.2022.2832396 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 28 No. 3 (2022): Autumn 2022; e2832396 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 28 Núm. 3 (2022): Otoño 2022; e2832396 2448-7597 1405-0471 spa https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/2396/2412 https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/2396/2450 10.21829/myb.2020.261839 10.21829/myb.2020.261967 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Huchin Ochoa, Saida Aglae Navarro-Martínez, Angélica Ellis, Edward Alan Hernández Gómez, Irving Uriel Deforestation in the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico during the period 1993-2017 |
| title | Deforestation in the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico during the period 1993-2017 |
| title_full | Deforestation in the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico during the period 1993-2017 |
| title_fullStr | Deforestation in the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico during the period 1993-2017 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deforestation in the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico during the period 1993-2017 |
| title_short | Deforestation in the municipality of Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico during the period 1993-2017 |
| title_sort | deforestation in the municipality of bacalar, quintana roo, mexico during the period 1993-2017 |
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