Table 1.
Ground and aerial views of the land use and land cover (LULC) found in the Caatinga region.
| View | LULC type | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | Aerial | Present paper | MapBiomas |
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Forest (no change) | Forest formation |
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Shrub (no change) | Savanna formation |
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Forest to shrub (degradation–level 1) | Savanna formation |
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Forest/shurb to farming (degradation–level 2) | Pasture or agriculture |
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Forest/shurb to non vegetation (degradation–level 3) | Other non vegetated areas |
The LULC types used in this paper were classified in degradation levels (italics) and contrasted with LULC types derived from current satellite data (MapBiomas29).









