scholarly journals Perception, attitude, and motive of local community towards forest conversion to plantation in Dharmasraya District, West Sumatra, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kordiyana K Rangga ◽  
Yonariza Yonariza ◽  
HELVI YANFIKA ◽  
Abdul Mutolib
Keyword(s):  
Forest Cover ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Forest Conversion ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Forest Ownership ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
The Right

Abstract. Rangga KK, Yonariza, Yanfika H, Mutolib A. 2020. Perception, attitude, and motive of local community towards forest conversion to plantation in Dharmasraya District, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 4903-4910. Forest conversion in Dharmasraya District massively occurred from 2000 to 2014. In 2000, forest area reached 86% of 33,550 ha. In 2014, forest cover reduced to only 16% with an increase in plantation area (rubber and oil palm), covering 59% of the total area. This study was aimed to examine the perception, attitude, and motive of the local community regarding forest conversion to the plantation. This study was located in PFMU (Production Forest Management Unit) Dharmasraya West Sumatra, which included a production forest area. This study was conducted from February to August 2018 with a case study approach. A total of 40 households, was selected as respondents. Snowball sampling was applied to interview the key informants. Data were analyzed using the interactive model, which included data reduction, data presentation, also conclusion drawing and verification. The study result indicated that forest is owned by the local community based upon the customary law, and the state does not have the right to manage and claim forest ownership. In terms of the economic aspect, the community benefited greatly from wood availability in the forest as the source of income. According to the local community, the conversion of forests into plantation did not have a significant effect on the environment. In fact, the local community agreed that land-use change from forest to plantation will provide greater benefit than preserving the forest. The expansion of plantation was found to be the motive for land clearance by cutting trees to obtain ownership over the forest.

scholarly journals Forest Cover Change and Legal Pluralism in Forest Management: A Review and Evidence from West Sumatra, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-314
Author(s):  
R. Rudy ◽  
Y. Yonariza ◽  
Helvi Yanfika ◽  
Ali Rahmat ◽  
Winih Sekaringtyas Ramadhani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Legal Pluralism ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Forest Conversion ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Forest Ownership ◽  
West Sumatra

This study analyzed the functions of shifting (phenomenon of legal pluralism) and identified forest conversion at Production Forest Management Unit of Dharmasraya (PFMU Dharmasraya), West Sumatra, Indonesia from March 2018 to December 2019 using a qualitative research design with a case study approach. The identification of changes in forest cover analyzed by satellite images using the NDVI method to obtain the distribution of forest cover. Discussion on legal pluralism were examined using a non-ethnographic qualitative research approach through interviews with local communities, companies/permit holders, and related institutions (government). From 2000 to 2019, the PFMU Dharmasraya forest area reduced from 86 to 12%, and plantations increased from 10 to 81% of the total area of 33,539 ha. The legal pluralism of forest ownership occurs because local communities use traditional law, claiming the PFMU Dharmasraya area as Ulayat land. In contrast, the government claims the forest belongs to the state. The motives for the conversion of forest functions are the expansion of oil palm and rubber plantations, forest clearing to mark forest ownership rights, and illegal logging.

scholarly journals Perubahan Penggunaan Lahan Di Provinsi Lampung Dan Pengaruhnya Terhadap Insidensi Demam Berdarah Dengue (DBD)

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Agustin Arisandi Mustika ◽  
Samsul Bakri ◽  
Dyah Wulan S. R. Wardani
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Hemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Forest Conversion ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
The Impact

The conversion of forest area into non-forest area generally can causing the ecology and micro climate change especially rainfall.   The impact of these changes in other side can increasing the probability in occurrence of vector-born disease such as Aedes aegypti mosquito couse of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF).   Besides of environmental factors, poverty level, rainfall, and housing conditions the suspected also affect the incidence of dengue.  This research aimed to determine of changes in forest cover and land, poverty level, and housing conditions as well as the impact to the incidence of dengue fever in Lampung. Data collected included primary data of land use changes of Lampung Province and the secondary  data  such  as  the  data  of  precipitation  rapid,  poverty  level,  healthy  house proportion and Incidence Rate of dengue.  The dynamic of changes in forest cover and landper distric/city identified through by Landsat image interpretation 5, 7 and 8  in 2002, 2009 and 2014.   While the impact on DHF analyzed using multiple linear models.   The results showed that there was a significant relationship between the changes of the people forest cover   -1,2634   (p=0,001),   intensive   agricultural   0,5315   (p=0,016),   the   number   of precipitation rapid 0,06869 (p=0,087) and the poverty level -0,2213 (p=0,038) and urbanism region in the towns and villages 28,75 (p=0,010) toward the incidence of dengue in Lampung from the year 2003 to 2014.  Based on the reseacrh result that the goverment should be able to increase the percentage of forest area cause able to decrease the incidence DHF. Keyword: forest conversion, incidence DHF, land use changes

scholarly journals The Registration Of “Ulayat”’ Land In West Sumatra: Between The Legal Certainty And The Social Justice

Jurnal Akta ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 585
Author(s):  
A. Yoma Amanda Putri ◽  
Djauhari Djauhari
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Land Registration ◽  
The Social ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Customary Rights ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Customary Land ◽  
The Right

Ulayat land House of communal rights is a member of the House, as a fellowship of customary law. The purpose of the arrangement of Ulayat Land is to protect the customary land and take the benefits for survival in some generations and uninterrupted between the members of the House with its territory. Conceptually, this is related to a social justice. While the purpose of the registration of land, according to the article 19 BAL is to guarantee the legal certainty over land. The implementation of Customary Land or Ulayat Land Registration was preceded by the creation of the base rights. The making of the pedestal of this right in the form of a waiver of physical mastery of plots of land (Sporadic). Before the creation of the pedestal of this right was preceded by the creation of Ranji by Ninik Mamak, which was passed by the House. The writing Empirical Juridical approach, was supported by empirical juridical approach. Empirical juridical approach was done by collecting all the materials and data obtained from the field-related to the problems are examined. Registration of the customary (Ulayat) rights of the House is done by applying to the Head Office of land district/city. The filing listed on behalf of or Mamak Head Heirs using a waiver of physical mastery of parcels of the land that are signed by the Mamak Head Chiefs as Heir. The statement must be approved by the head of the tribe or Tribal King and Chairman of custom Density Nagari and known by Lurah/village chief concerned by attaching a document containing the names of the members of the House of at least three generations created by Mamak Chief Heir and known by the ruler of the tribe and the leader of the RIGHT. The registration of Customary House was expected to guarantee legal certainty for members of the House as a fellowship of customary law, because it is aimed at maintaining Customary Rights for indigenous Justice. Therefore, the customary land register of House in conceptional in touch with the land registry purposes, i.e. to guarantee legal certainty while also embodying a sense of Justice for indigenous citizens (members of the House). Keywords: Social Justice; Legal Certainty; The Registration of Ulayat Land.

scholarly journals REVITALISASI SISTEM PEMERINTAHAN DESA DALAM PERSPEKTIF UNDANG-UNDANG NO. 6 TAHUN 2014 TENTANG DESA DI PROVINSI SUMATERA BARAT

Jurnal HAM ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Donny Michael Situmorang
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
The Third ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Funds Management ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Village

AbstrakBerangkat dari Nawa Cita ketiga yaitu “membangun Indonesia dari pinggiran dengan memperkuat daerah-daerah dan desa dalam kerangka Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia” dan kesadaran untuk melaksanakan amanat Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengakuan hak atas asal usul masyarakat desa serta melihat peta keragaman kesiapan kelembagaan desa dan fisibilitas mengenai pengelolaan dana desa, dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif. Dari data lapangan dapat disimpulkan bahwa Undang-Undang No.6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa berupaya mengkoreksi kesalahan-kesalahan Negara dalam mengatur desa dan masyarakat hukum adat. Undang-Undang desa ingin mengembalikan hak asal usul yang melekat pada desa adat untuk mengurus kehidupan masyarakat hukum adat dan pengurusan wilayah masyarakat hukum adatnya (hak ulayat). Negara perlu memberikan sarana dan prasarana kepada setiap lembaga adat agar lembaga adat dalam mengelola masyarakat adat serta adat istiadatnya dapat berjalan dengan baik. Untuk itu, perlu ada payung hukum untuk menampung keistimewaan desa adat dibeberapa daerah. Selain itu juga, perlu diatur secara khusus didalam peraturan perundang-undangan mengenai penetapan anggaran khusus terhadap lembaga-lembaga adat, sehingga lambat laun keberadaan lembaga adat ini tidak akan hilang.Kata kunci: Revitalisasi, Pemerintahan Desa, Sumatera Barat.AbstractBased on the third Nawa Cita it is “to build Indonesia by strengthening areas and villages within the framework of The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia” and awareness to implement the Act No. 6 2014 about Village. The purpose of this research is to know the recognition of the origin of rural community rights and to look at the map of the diversity of Village institutional readiness and feasibility on the village funds management, by using the qualitative method. From the data the field we can conclude that the act of no.6 year 2014 village about trying to emend state mistakes in regulating village and community adat law.The act of village want to restore the right of the origin of attached to customary village to take care of the lives of the customary law and management of the region of law community custom (unalienated rights). The state needs to give of facilities and infrastructure to every customary institutions that create a conducive customary in managing indigenous people as well as customary to take place. For that, there should be a legal framework for accommodate village customary privileges of several regions .It is also, needs to be regulated specifically in the legislation regarding the stipulation of a special budget against customary institutions, so which gradually customary the existence of this institution will be lost.Keywords: Revitalization, Village Administration, West Sumatra

scholarly journals REVITALISASI SISTEM PEMERINTAHAN DESA DALAM PERSPEKTIF UNDANG-UNDANG NO. 6 TAHUN 2014 TENTANG DESA DI PROVINSI SUMATERA BARAT

Jurnal HAM ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Donny Michael Situmorang
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
The Third ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Funds Management ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Village

AbstrakBerangkat dari Nawa Cita ketiga yaitu “membangun Indonesia dari pinggiran dengan memperkuat daerah-daerah dan desa dalam kerangka Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia” dan kesadaran untuk melaksanakan amanat Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengakuan hak atas asal usul masyarakat desa serta melihat peta keragaman kesiapan kelembagaan desa dan fisibilitas mengenai pengelolaan dana desa, dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif. Dari data lapangan dapat disimpulkan bahwa Undang-Undang No.6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa berupaya mengkoreksi kesalahan-kesalahan Negara dalam mengatur desa dan masyarakat hukum adat. Undang-Undang desa ingin mengembalikan hak asal usul yang melekat pada desa adat untuk mengurus kehidupan masyarakat hukum adat dan pengurusan wilayah masyarakat hukum adatnya (hak ulayat). Negara perlu memberikan sarana dan prasarana kepada setiap lembaga adat agar lembaga adat dalam mengelola masyarakat adat serta adat istiadatnya dapat berjalan dengan baik. Untuk itu, perlu ada payung hukum untuk menampung keistimewaan desa adat dibeberapa daerah. Selain itu juga, perlu diatur secara khusus didalam peraturan perundang-undangan mengenai penetapan anggaran khusus terhadap lembaga-lembaga adat, sehingga lambat laun keberadaan lembaga adat ini tidak akan hilang.Kata kunci: Revitalisasi, Pemerintahan Desa, Sumatera Barat.AbstractBased on the third Nawa Cita it is “to build Indonesia by strengthening areas and villages within the framework of The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia” and awareness to implement the Act No. 6 2014 about Village. The purpose of this research is to know the recognition of the origin of rural community rights and to look at the map of the diversity of Village institutional readiness and feasibility on the village funds management, by using the qualitative method. From the data the field we can conclude that the act of no.6 year 2014 village about trying to emend state mistakes in regulating village and community adat law.The act of village want to restore the right of the origin of attached to customary village to take care of the lives of the customary law and management of the region of law community custom (unalienated rights). The state needs to give of facilities and infrastructure to every customary institutions that create a conducive customary in managing indigenous people as well as customary to take place. For that, there should be a legal framework for accommodate village customary privileges of several regions .It is also, needs to be regulated specifically in the legislation regarding the stipulation of a special budget against customary institutions, so which gradually customary the existence of this institution will be lost.Keywords: Revitalization, Village Administration, West Sumatra

scholarly journals Debt Guarantee Settlement Patterns in Minangkabau

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 313-319
Author(s):  
H.G. Syukriah ◽  
◽  
Yaswirman Yaswirman ◽  
Firman Hasan ◽  
Kurniawarman Kurniawarman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Legal Reform ◽  
Time Limit ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Positive Law ◽  
Legal Relationship ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
The Right ◽  
Ownership Rights

Debt collateral is often unacceptable to the execution of debt collateral because there is coercion and leads to court so that many debts are not collected. In Minangkabau customary law, there is no compulsion to pay off debts. This research answers how people make debt-receivables agreements and must be repaid by the debtors in the Minangkabau customary law arrangement in Sungai Dareh village, West Sumatra. This research method is through observation and interviews of local customary leaders. The implementation of the pattern of execution of debt collateral settlement in Minangkabau is motivated by the legal relationship between the creditor and the collateral in the form of land. The creditor only has the right to cultivate or take the proceeds from the land given by the debt recipient until the debt is paid off or redeemed by the debt recipient, so that debt settlement will never transfer ownership rights to the land. In an urgent situation, the creditor can transfer the debt to the new lender, which stops the legal relationship between the first creditor and the debt recipient and creates a new legal relationship between the second creditor and the debt recipient. Creditors' rights remain a priority, and there is no time limit in paying off debts. This debt settlement is very different from debt settlement in positive law in Indonesia. The creditor has the right to sell the land as collateral for the debt if the debt cannot be settled after a certain period, which results in the loss of ownership of the debt recipient over the land that is used as debt collateral. There is a need for positive legal reform in Indonesia regarding the execution of debt guarantees.

scholarly journals Evaluating Forest Cover and Fragmentation in Costa Rica with a Corrected Global Tree Cover Map

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 3226
Author(s):  
Daniel Cunningham ◽  
Paul Cunningham ◽  
Matthew E. Fagan
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Tree Cover ◽  
Agricultural Crop ◽  
Forest Change ◽  
Alos Palsar ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
The Impact

Global tree cover products face challenges in accurately predicting tree cover across biophysical gradients, such as precipitation or agricultural cover. To generate a natural forest cover map for Costa Rica, biases in tree cover estimation in the most widely used tree cover product (the Global Forest Change product (GFC) were quantified and corrected, and the impact of map biases on estimates of forest cover and fragmentation was examined. First, a forest reference dataset was developed to examine how the difference between reference and GFC-predicted tree cover estimates varied along gradients of precipitation and elevation, and nonlinear statistical models were fit to predict the bias. Next, an agricultural land cover map was generated by classifying Landsat and ALOS PalSAR imagery (overall accuracy of 97%) to allow removing six common agricultural crops from estimates of tree cover. Finally, the GFC product was corrected through an integrated process using the nonlinear predictions of precipitation and elevation biases and the agricultural crop map as inputs. The accuracy of tree cover prediction increased by ≈29% over the original global forest change product (the R2 rose from 0.416 to 0.538). Using an optimized 89% tree cover threshold to create a forest/nonforest map, we found that fragmentation declined and core forest area and connectivity increased in the corrected forest cover map, especially in dry tropical forests, protected areas, and designated habitat corridors. By contrast, the core forest area decreased locally where agricultural fields were removed from estimates of natural tree cover. This research demonstrates a simple, transferable methodology to correct for observed biases in the Global Forest Change product. The use of uncorrected tree cover products may markedly over- or underestimate forest cover and fragmentation, especially in tropical regions with low precipitation, significant topography, and/or perennial agricultural production.

scholarly journals Use of forest land for national-priority infrastructures in Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
U. R. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Forest Area ◽  
Forest Conversion ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
National Priority ◽  
Equivalent Area ◽  
Strict Enforcement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Forest Lands

 Forest conversion has been identified as one of the several bottlenecks affecting upon the major infrastructure projects in Nepal, especially in the energy and transport sectors. Nepal’s policy requires at least 40% of its land cover under forest. This means if any forest land is converted to non-forest land, it must be compensated with an equivalent area, preferably in the similar ecotype in the nation. In addition, a specified number of trees must be planted for the number of trees felled in the project site, and the site must be managed and protected for five years by the developers. These provisions have led to growing resentment between the developers and the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation (MFSC), leading to delay in providing forest lands for infrastructure projects. With a view to develop mechanisms for the government to rapidly provide forest land for nationally important infrastructure projects, the Government databases were examined to analyze the forests handed over to the developers for non-forestry uses. The data showed that a total of 14,028.4 ha of forest area were handed over to the developers for non-forestry uses until the end of 2015. On an average, 263.8 ha forest area was found to be handed over to the developers between the period of 2010–2013. However, there is a declining trend of forest handed over for non-forestry purposes in the recent years. The decline could be due to the strict enforcement of the legal provision which limits the conversion of forest areas to non-forest areas except in the case of the “national priority projects”. It has been recommended that the conversion of forest for infrastructure development should be examined with a holistic perspective by taking all the related components of forest conversion into consideration, from providing forest land for replacement planting. It is recommended that the Forest Product Development Board (FPDB), a parastatal organization under the MFSC, should be entrusted with the work of plantation related to forest conversion. The fund for this work should flow directly from the developers to the FPDB. The possibility of forming a land bank to facilitate the work of the FPDB is also recommended.Banko Janakari, Vol. 27, No. 1, Page: 60-64

scholarly journals The impact of forest regeneration on streamflow in 12 mesoscale humid tropical catchments

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2613-2635 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. E. Beck ◽  
L. A. Bruijnzeel ◽  
A. I. J. M. van Dijk ◽  
T. R. McVicar ◽  
F. N. Scatena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Forest Regeneration ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Annual Time Series ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Annual Time

Abstract. Although regenerating forests make up an increasingly large portion of humid tropical landscapes, little is known of their water use and effects on streamflow (Q). Since the 1950s the island of Puerto Rico has experienced widespread abandonment of pastures and agricultural lands, followed by forest regeneration. This paper examines the possible impacts of these secondary forests on several Q characteristics for 12 mesoscale catchments (23–346 km2; mean precipitation 1720–3422 mm yr−1) with long (33–51 yr) and simultaneous records for Q, precipitation (P), potential evaporation (PET), and land cover. A simple spatially-lumped, conceptual rainfall–runoff model that uses daily P and PET time series as inputs (HBV-light) was used to simulate Q for each catchment. Annual time series of observed and simulated values of four Q characteristics were calculated. A least-squares trend was fitted through annual time series of the residual difference between observed and simulated time series of each Q characteristic. From this the total cumulative change (Â) was calculated, representing the change in each Q characteristic after controlling for climate variability and water storage carry-over effects between years. Negative values of  were found for most catchments and Q characteristics, suggesting enhanced actual evaporation overall following forest regeneration. However, correlations between changes in urban or forest area and values of  were insignificant (p ≥ 0.389) for all Q characteristics. This suggests there is no convincing evidence that changes in the chosen Q characteristics in these Puerto Rican catchments can be ascribed to changes in urban or forest area. The present results are in line with previous studies of meso- and macro-scale (sub-)tropical catchments, which generally found no significant change in Q that can be attributed to changes in forest cover. Possible explanations for the lack of a clear signal may include errors in the land cover, climate, Q, and/or catchment boundary data; changes in forest area occurring mainly in the less rainy lowlands; and heterogeneity in catchment response. Different results were obtained for different catchments, and using a smaller subset of catchments could have led to very different conclusions. This highlights the importance of including multiple catchments in land-cover impact analysis at the mesoscale.

scholarly journals ALTERAÇÃO NA COBERTURA FLORESTAL DA REGIÃO NOROESTE DA AMAZÔNIA MATOGROSSENSE

Nativa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 520
Author(s):  
Luani Rosa de Oliveira Piva ◽  
Rorai Pereira Martins Neto
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Forest Conversion ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Amazon Forest ◽  
Landsat 8 Oli ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
The Past ◽  
Landsat 5 Tm

Nos últimos anos, a intensificação das atividades antrópicas modificadoras da cobertura vegetal do solo em território brasileiro vem ocorrendo em larga escala. Para fins de monitoramento das alterações da cobertura florestal, as técnicas de Sensoriamento Remoto da vegetação são ferramentas imprescindíveis, principalmente em áreas extensas e de difícil acesso, como é o caso da Amazônia brasileira. Neste sentido, objetivou-se com este trabalho identificar as mudanças no uso e cobertura do solo no período de 20 anos nos municípios de Aripuanã e Rondolândia, Noroeste do Mato Grosso, visando quantificar as áreas efetivas que sofreram alterações. Para tal, foram utilizadas técnicas de classificação digital de imagens Landsat 5 TM e Landsat 8 OLI em três diferentes datas (1995, 2005 e 2015) e, posteriormente, realizada a detecção de mudanças para o uso e cobertura do solo. A classificação digital apresentou resultados excelentes, com índice Kappa acima de 0,80 para os mapas gerados, indicando ser uma ferramenta potencial para o uso e cobertura do solo. Os resultados denotaram uma conversão de áreas florestais principalmente para atividades antrópicas agrícolas, na ordem de 472 km², o que representa uma perda de 1,3% de superfície de floresta amazônica na região de estudo.Palavras-chave: conversão de áreas florestais; uso e cobertura do solo; classificação digital; análise multitemporal. CHANGE IN FOREST COVER OF THE NORTHWEST REGION OF AMAZON IN MATO GROSSO STATE ABSTRACT: In the past few years, the intensification of anthropic activities that modify the soil-vegetation cover in Brazil’s land has been occurring on a large scale. To monitor the forest cover changes, the techniques of Remote Sensing of vegetation are essential tools, especially in large areas and with difficult access, as is the case of the Brazilian Amazon. The aim of this work was to identify the changes in land use and land cover, over the past 20 years, in the municipalities of Aripuanã and Rondolândia, Northwest of Mato Grosso State, in order to quantify the effective altered areas. Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 8 OLI digital classification images techniques were used in three different dates (1995, 2005 and 2015) and, later, the detection to the land use and land cover changes. The digital classification showed excellent results, with kappa index above 0.80 for the generated maps, indicating the digital classification as a potential tool for land use and land cover. Results reflect the conversion of forest areas mainly for agricultural activities, in the order of 472 km², representing a loss of 1.3% of Amazon forest surface in the study region.Keywords: forest conversion; land use and land cover; digital classification; multitemporal analysis.

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