TERRACLASS DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF LAND USE AND LAND COVER IN THE UPPER PARAGUAY BASIN

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https://doi.org/10.5380/raega.v63i2.100217

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The Upper Paraguay Basin (BAP, Portuguese acronym) is an ecosystem of strategic importance to Brazil because it includes the Pantanal, one of the world's largest floodplains. The wet plain is well preserved, but the plateau suffered the impact of anthropic activities on the natural resources, due to the rapid conversion of vegetation cover in recent decades. Therefore, it is essential to investigate land use and cover changes to define strategies that stimulate environmental conservation and regional development. The BAP plateau region is covered by the mappings of the TerraClass Project, which provides official data for monitoring land use and cover in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes. In this context, the objective of the work was to analyze changes in land use and land cover in municipalities of the BAP, using the modern GeoPortal TerraClass and the recent data collection from 2018, 2020, and 2022. The spatial analysis showed that the native forest loss occurred due to increased deforestation. Most of the forest regeneration areas persisted during this period, and the lost area was converted into pastures, where agriculture expanded, initially with one cycle production, followed by the intensification of crop and off-season production. The results demonstrate the potential of the data and tools offered by the Digital Platform TerraClass to support territorial management.

Biografia do Autor

João Francisco Gonçalves Antunes, Embrapa Agricultura Digital

He holds a degree in Statistics (1989) and in Applied and Computational Mathematics (1991) from the University of Campinas (Unicamp). He has been a researcher at Embrapa Digital Agriculture since 1994, working on the development of information systems. He earned his Master’s degree (2005) and Ph.D. (2014) in Agricultural Engineering from the School of Agricultural Engineering (Feagri) at Unicamp. He has experience in geotechnologies applied to agricultural and environmental monitoring, with an emphasis on remote sensing, geoprocessing, time series, land use and land cover change, pattern recognition, image classification, and sub-pixel analysis.

João Luís dos Santos, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

He holds a degree in Information Systems Analysis from the Brazilian Institute of Advanced Technology (2007) and a postgraduate degree in Oracle Database Administration from Metrocamp College (2016). He has experience in the field of Computer Science, with an emphasis on Information Systems and Databases. He worked at Embrapa Agricultural Informatics as a DTI-B fellow (2013 to 2015), on the project ZEEZAE-AML – Harmonization of the Ecological-Economic Zoning of the Legal Amazon and Integration with Agroecological Zoning of the Region. His main role was to develop a system for visualizing the information generated within the scope of the project for decision-makers.

From 2016 to 2018, he was a collaborator at FUNCATE, participating in the working group of the TerraClass project (a partnership between INPE and Embrapa), which aimed to map land use and land cover in the Brazilian Legal Amazon. In this project, he worked on the creation of a geographic database using the years mapped in the project's scope and on the development of a WebGIS system for the evolutionary analysis of land use and occupation dynamics in deforested areas of the Amazon since the implementation of PPCDAm.

He has experience in spatial database modeling—especially with PostgreSQL/PostGIS—web system development and WebGIS systems, implementation and customization of the i3Geo and OpenGEO platforms, as well as creating optimization routines in Shell Script, R, and Java for publishing and sharing spatial data on the web from local GIS databases.

Lídia Sanches Bertolo, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) (2006), with a Master’s and Ph.D. in Water, Energy, and Environmental Resources from the School of Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Urban Design – UNICAMP. I have been working with geoprocessing and geospatial data analysis since my undergraduate studies. I have experience in land use and land cover mapping using time series of satellite imagery, developing models through machine learning algorithms, including deep learning techniques.

Victor Pedroso Curtarelli, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Sanitary and Environmental Engineer graduated from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC, 2017), with a Master’s degree in Remote Sensing from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE, 2020), where he worked as a CNPq technological development fellow. Focused on both research and the job market, skilled in developing and applying innovative technologies, mechanisms, and methodologies in the field of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering.

He has gained experience through internships and research fellowships, demonstrating solid knowledge in areas such as water resources management, remote sensing, digital image processing, geoprocessing, data science, and environmental modeling (analytical, numerical, statistical models, among others).

He also completed part of his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Szent István University (SZIU), Gödöllő, Hungary, through a sandwich program under the Science Without Borders initiative.

During his master’s program, he participated in the Laboratory of Instrumentation for Aquatic Systems – LabISA (http://www.dpi.inpe.br/labisa/), conducting research related to the parameterization and application of semi-analytical and empirical algorithms for estimating water quality parameters in inland water reservoirs.

He is deeply grateful for the funding provided by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES – project no. 001), and the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL – project no. 8000003629).

Adriane Calaboni, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Alfenas, MG (UNIFAL-MG) (2008). She holds a Master’s degree in Sciences from the Graduate Program in Applied Ecology – Joint Program ESALQ/CENA, University of São Paulo (2013), and a Ph.D. in Sciences from the Graduate Program in Ecology at the Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo (IB-USP) (2017). She conducted a postdoctoral research project at the Federal University of ABC. Her interests lie in Conservation and Landscape Ecology, with an emphasis on land use and land cover changes and their effects on native vegetation cover. She worked on the TerraClass Cerrado Project (FIP Rural Landscapes) as a Technical Advisor in Geoprocessing, contracted by GIZ – Brazil – German Cooperation.

Alexandre Camargo Coutinho, Embrapa Agricultura Digital

He holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of São Paulo (1988), a Master's degree in Ecology from the University of São Paulo (1997), and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the University of São Paulo (2005). Since 1989, he has been a researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), where he coordinates and conducts research projects related to the development and application of geotechnologies for agricultural monitoring and territorial management, as well as the environmental impacts resulting from these activities.

He served as Deputy Head of Research, Development & Innovation at Embrapa Satellite Monitoring from May 2006 to April 2009. Since June 2009, he has been part of the research staff at Embrapa Agricultural Informatics.

In 2012, he received the National Excellence Award in the researcher category: Individual Highlight of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa). In 2015, he was honored with the Order of Cartographic Merit Award, granted by the Brazilian Society of Cartography.

Júlio César Dalla Mora Esquerdo, Embrapa Agricultura Digital

He graduated in Agronomic Engineering from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (USP/ESALQ) in 1999. At the same institution, he earned a Master’s degree in Agronomy in 2002, with an emphasis on precision agriculture and agricultural automation. In 2007, he completed his Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering at the State University of Campinas (FEAGRI/UNICAMP), where he conducted research on remote sensing and geoprocessing.

He served as MS-3 Faculty at the Geoprocessing Laboratory of the College of Agricultural Engineering at Unicamp from 2007 to 2008. Since 2008, he has worked as a Researcher at Embrapa Digital Agriculture, conducting research on the use of geotechnologies for agricultural and environmental monitoring. Currently, he is the Deputy Head of Research and Development at Embrapa Digital Agriculture and an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Program at the College of Agricultural Engineering at Unicamp.

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2025-08-20

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Gonçalves Antunes, J. F., dos Santos, J. L., Sanches Bertolo, L., Pedroso Curtarelli, V., Calaboni, A., Camargo Coutinho, A., & Dalla Mora Esquerdo, J. C. (2025). TERRACLASS DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF LAND USE AND LAND COVER IN THE UPPER PARAGUAY BASIN. Ra’e Ga: O Espaço Geográfico Em Análise, 63(2), 218–232. https://doi.org/10.5380/raega.v63i2.100217

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v. 63 n. 2 (2025): VIII - Geopantanal

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