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The Amazon Near Real-Time Deforestation Detection System (DETER) was developed by the National Institute of Spatial Research (INPE) as an alert system to support the environmental control and enforcement, being part of the Amazon Deforestation’s Prevention and Control Plan. This system has been responsible for a rapid and systematic survey in the Brazilian Legal Amazon since May, 2004 using MODIS images. In the last decade, there was a reduction in the size of the deforestation polygons, which represents an obstacle for DETER system, once MODIS’ spatial resolution only allows detection of greater areas. Accordingly, this paper aims to map and identify forest cover loss patterns using images of the Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS), on board of ResourceSat-2 Satellite, for the purpose of monitoring the Amazon Forest in the state of Pará, in September, 2015. Six different patterns of forest cover changes were identified in the study area. The mapped area for each class was: 19.308,02 ha of Clear Cut, 202,09 ha of Clear Cut with vegetation, 55.059,96 ha of degradation, 7.962,57 ha for regular selective logging, 802,77 ha of traditional selective logging and 595,05 ha of mining. Therefore, the highest percentage of mapped area (~ 65%) is associated with Degradation. Thus, in a more detailed analysis, the results allowed to conclude that the AWiFS sensor with moderate spatial resolution of 56 m is a very effective tool in the monitoring and enforcement of forests in near real-time, offering then a great support for conservationist measures of the Amazon biome.