The DyAREM Project

Agricultural Dynamics and Water Resources in Mato Grosso DyAREM

2017-2020 Coordinator: LETG Rennes (Damien Arvor) BAGAPContact: Jacques Baudry BAGAPResearch Area: Landscape modeling and analysis Keywords: remote sensing, landscape analysis, land use, water quality

Research

Context and Objectives

Rural Amazonian landscapes remain highly dynamic and traditional forest-centric environmental considerations need to be broadened. In this respect, special attention must be paid to the vulnerability of freshwater ecosystems which are highly sensitive to a wide range of anthropogenic activities.

Objectives are twofold: 

• qualify, map and quantify recent agricultural dynamics, considering the emergence of new rural landscapes
• assess the impacts of such dynamics on freshwater ecosystems and on climate regulation mechanisms.

Jacques Baudry will contribute to the DyAREM project thanks to his expertise in landscape ecology.

Results

Expected results will clarify interactions between agricultural practices and environmental management, on the one side, and rural landscapes and climate regulation, on the other side.

Jacques Baudry

Partners

CNRS – Université de Rennes 2 : LETG

Funding

French National Research Agency ANR