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Submitted March 22, 2022
Published 2022-04-01

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022): Revista Científica Guacamaya

Deforestation of the forests of the Putumayo province, Loreto Region, Peru in times of pandemic (Covid-19)


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Published: 2022-04-01

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Montánchez Picardo, E. G., Portugal Cruz, M. F., Apaza Atencio, J. A., Tirado Rebaza, L. U. M., & Cutipa Calisaya, N. M. (2022). Deforestation of the forests of the Putumayo province, Loreto Region, Peru in times of pandemic (Covid-19). Revista Científica Guacamaya, 6(2), 122–138. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/guacamaya/article/view/2834

Abstract

The general objective of this research was to compare the level of deforestation and the loss of biomass in the forests of the Putumayo Province, Loreto Region, Peru, in the first months in which social isolation due to Covid-19 was decreed in this country in 2020, compared to the previous year. Likewise, the volume of CO2 released as a result of this practice developed in the forests was calculated and compared. For this, the software of geographic information systems Earth Explorer, CLASlite and ArcGIS were used. Comparing the months of April and May 2020, with the same months of the previous year, it was determined that there was a reduction of 27.03% in total deforestation, losing 7,136.05 ha of forest, however, there was an increase in deforestation of 6.5% in primary forests. Likewise, during the aforementioned study period, a biomass loss of 371,117.49 t was calculated, equivalent to 681,000.60 t of CO2 released in times of pandemic, contributing to the greenhouse effect.

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