Cambio de cobertura y uso de suelo en un área de bosque del sector el Tamarindo, cantón Zapotillo para el periodo 2018 - 2022

Abstract

Abstract: The research was carried out in the dry forest of the Tamarindo sector, Cantón Zapotillo, in the period 2018-2022, through multi-temporal analysis using satellite images sentinel using remote sensing to analyze patterns of change in land use. He The study was developed in three stages: first, the coverage and land use in the study area, through supervised classification. Second, the rate of change was evaluated associated with the dry forest of the study area. Third, the main uses of soil to which the dry forest is being converted. Through supervised classification, determined 6 coverage in the study area: forest, agricultural areas, bare soil, areas urban areas, rivers, roads, with forest cover being the most predominant (58.17 km2 in 2018 and 48.47 km2 in 2022). The classification accuracy using the Kappa index was 0.93. for both years, resulting in efficiency. The deforestation rate was 1.30%, equivalent to 9.7 km2 . While the change from forests to other categories predominated transitions such as: forests to bare soils and agricultural areas.