Estimation of forest cover in the “San Juan” river basin, Cuba.
Keywords:
forest cover, watersheds, satellite images, forest cover index, GISAbstract
A worldwide problem is the loss of forest cover, so its protection is a priority in Cuba, in addition to being part of the state plan to confront climate change. The objective of this research was to evaluate the spatio-temporal dynamics of forest cover change between 2015 and 2023 in the “San Juan” watershed, province of Santiago de Cuba. A multitemporal analysis and supervised classification of Landsat 8 satellite images, bands 6-5-4 of the OLI-TRS sensor, processed in the professional software QGIS v-3.24 was carried out. The cover was catalogued into four categories and the area of forest cover was determined. As a result, the forest cover index decreased by 1.32%, affecting 182 ha of forest cover in the watershed.
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