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Lennart Olsson, LUCSUS

Lennart Olsson

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Lennart Olsson, LUCSUS

Exploring Spatial Distributions of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Fire-Affected Areas of Miombo Woodlands of the Beira Corridor, Central Mozambique

Author

  • Victorino Américo Buramuge
  • Natasha Sofia Ribeiro
  • Lennart Olsson
  • Romana Rombe Bandeira

Summary, in English

Miombo woodlands (MW) are increasingly experiencing widespread land use and land cover change (LULCC). This study explores the influence of fire, agriculture, and slope variability on LULCC in the miombo of the Beira Corridor. Land use and land cover data were derived from three Landsat images for 2001, 2008, and 2018. Slope attributes were derived from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Monthly burned data of Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) were used to map fire frequency. The derived data were then used to investigate the relationship between LULCC and fire, agriculture, and slope, based on geographically weighted regression (GWR). In addition, the relationship between LULCC and slope was assessed. Our findings indicate that fire frequency, agriculture, and slope were significantly spatially non-stationary. We found that LULCC was negatively correlated with agriculture in open miombo, but positively correlated in dense miombo. A positive relationship between LULCC and fire was found for dense and open miombo. Changes in agriculture, dense miombo, and open miombo increased towards high slopes. The study improves the understanding of the spatial effect of LULCC drivers. The development and implementation of effective fire management actions is required to promote sustainable forest management and preservation of critical ecosystem services.

Department/s

  • LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Publication/Series

Fire

Volume

6

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

MDPI AG

Topic

  • Physical Geography

Keywords

  • agriculture
  • fire frequency
  • GWR
  • slope

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2571-6255