The data obtained by MapBiomas Peru warn about the accelerated dynamics of changes that occurred between 1985 and 2021 in the natural coverage of Peruvian territory, resulting in a loss of 3.9% of its natural vegetation. This has affected the country's ecosystems, biodiversity, ecosystem services, functionality, and connectivity. With a loss of 49.9% of its extent over 37 years, the alarming retreat of glaciers stands out due to climate change and black carbon caused by burning in the Amazon. These glaciers feed the sources of the country's major rivers, providing water to millions of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another ecosystem heavily impacted is the seasonally dry forests in the northern part of the country. \"This coverage has changed drastically, and what concerns us the most is that we are irreversibly losing it,\" says Renzo Piana, executive director of IBC. \"The losses have been enormous, practically irreversible, and with no prospects of reversing this trend.\" The data sound alarm bells and give a sense of urgency to the need for decisive and vigorous action for these natural coverages in Peru,\" says Piana, emphasizing the impact on the food security of local populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MapBiomas Peru (http:\/\/peru.mapbiomas.org\/<\/a>) is a new initiative led by Instituto del Bien Com\u00fan \u2013 IBC<\/a> in coordination with the MapBiomas Network and the RAISG (Red Amaz\u00f3nica de Informaci\u00f3n Socioambiental Georreferenciada)<\/a>. The results of this study will be presented in Lima on March 3rd during the event Peru: 37 years of changes in a megadiverse country - Collection 1.0 of Annual Land Cover and Land Use Maps of Peru (1985 \u2013 2021)<\/strong>, with the participation of national and international experts. The event will take place at the Hotel Costa del Sol in this city and will be livestreamed on the IBC YouTube channel.<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Piana emphasizes the pioneering and innovative nature of MapBiomas Peru: \"This initiative provides invaluable information to understand the dynamics of natural resource use in the country, as it contains very comprehensive information for a very broad period of analysis covering the entire Peruvian territory.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Sandra R\u00edos, a researcher at IBC and coordinator of MapBiomas Peru, \"this first collection fills a significant information gap in regions outside the Amazon area of the country.\" New analysis categories have been added to those that IBC has been managing for mapping natural land cover in the Amazon basin. The initiative analyzes forest formations of all types, shrublands, mangroves, glaciers, agricultural areas, urban areas, and mining,\" explains R\u00edos.
Tasso Azevedo, coordenador Geral da Rede MapBiomas, destaca o valor estrat\u00e9gico desta ferramenta de mapeamento e an\u00e1lise: “MapBiomas Peru contribui para o monitoramento com uma vis\u00e3o ampla, ajudando a construir e propor estrat\u00e9gias de conserva\u00e7\u00e3o mais precisas de acordo com os tipos de cobertura natural e atividades antr\u00f3picas que existem em cada bioma”. Azevedo explica que esta \u00e9 a primeira, depois do Brasil, de uma s\u00e9rie de iniciativas que contribuir\u00e3o para mapear a mudan\u00e7a do uso do solo em toda a Am\u00e9rica do Sul: “Pretendemos replicar este ano o enorme trabalho realizado no Peru nos outros pa\u00edses amaz\u00f4nicos, com nossos parceiros locais, a fim de mapear a Am\u00e9rica do Sul e compreender a din\u00e2mica de mudan\u00e7a neste per\u00edodo de tempo para os diferentes biomas, pa\u00edses, regi\u00f5es”.
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