Anais do XX Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto

This work aims to show the preliminary results of natural vegetation removal mapping in non-forest areas, as part of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest Monitoring Program by Satellite (PRODES). These results cover twenty-one municipalities located in the state of Mato Grosso, and correspond to the mapping of the accumulated removal of natural vegetation up to 2000, and the biannual/annual removal increments from 2002 to 2021. The results showed that the removal reached 29,38% of original non-forest vegetation in the study area. The highest values of loss occurred until 2004, slowing down between 2005 and 2013, and again increasing as of 2014. The results provided by the methodology adopted are promising and suitable to be used in a systematic annual monitoring of Amazonian non-forest areas starting from 2023.