Amazonia Landscape Mapping and Biodiversity Estimation
Luigi Fabbro · 2001
This project aims to set-up and test a methodology for landscape mapping of Amazonia to assess the biological diversity by applying the knowledge and know-how of the local communities and involving them in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System technology. The project will provide ground truth for the remote sensing of Amazonia and contribute to the baseline data sets of pristine biotopes against which “trouble spots ” can be monitored. The concrete output of this project will be a GIS mapping the landscape of the Lower Rio Jauaperì area and in particular to map the presence of selected taxa belonging to the local community taxonomy. These maps may be used to determine biodiversity indexes like the alpha, beta, gamma and other measures of biodiversity so that comparable data is produced (Fabbro, 2000).