Apropriação e usos do cerrado e a expansão da monocultura da soja nos municípios de Itaubal e Macapá, no estado do Amapá

Abstract

The growth shown by soybeans in recent years, coupled with the constant need to seek new areas for planting beans, put the Amapá within the new national agricultural frontier. This cerrado fragment in State, years pressed for forestry, which occupies about 1/3 of this biome, now shares space with grain crops, mainly soybeans. The increasing activity of the geographical features of the state and formatting of adequate infrastructure maintenance of commercial agriculture is related. The entrance of Amapá in grain export route arising from the Midwest, and the paving of the AP-070 and 380 highways are good examples to be cited. This work aims to analyze the appropriation and use of Cerrado Amapá, specifically in the municipalities of Macapá and Itaubal after grain farming of entry, between the period 2010 to 2015. The analyzes were made light of remote sensing and GIS from Landsat 5 TM images and Landsat 8 in the years 2010, 2013 and 2015. the information gathered show that in the beginning, the activity began timidly, with a gradual increase in the use of areas in the cerrado as infrastructure elements They were being implemented. The lack of official monitoring of the loses of natural cover in the Amapá savanna, hinders the development of more detailed analysis on the topic. This work has as main methodological contribution the need to maintain control over the natural savanna areas, also targeting the inhibition of socio-environmental conflicts in the study area.