Güemes and Almirante Brown Departments of the province of Chaco: Does the agricultural productive surface accompany the deforested surface in the period 2011 to 2021?
Various studies and surveys carried out for the period between the end of the 1980s (20th century) and the beginning of the 2010s (21st century) show the correspondence between the deforested area and the increase in agricultural area, both at the provincial level and in the departments of the north...
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Instituto de Geografía (IGUNNE)
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/geo/article/view/7551 |
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| Sumario: | Various studies and surveys carried out for the period between the end of the 1980s (20th century) and the beginning of the 2010s (21st century) show the correspondence between the deforested area and the increase in agricultural area, both at the provincial level and in the departments of the northwest of Chaco. The present study aims to analyze the relationship between both variables in the departments of General Güemes and Almirante Brown (northwest of the province of Chaco) between 2011 and 2018, considering official statistical data on loss of tree cover, data on agricultural area and, in addition, examining land use change plans, complemented with satellite data and images. These allowed to build graphs and observe correlations between the data. The results indicate that, for the selected period (2011-2018), there has been an increase in deforestation, which does not strictly correlate with the increase in the area used for agricultural purposes, noting that the latter - in general terms - is stable in the northwestern part of the Chaco. This work does not address the causes of such behavior, but nevertheless, some ideas and questions are presented that may guide new research in the future. |
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