Deforestation Frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon

This data shows current Deforestation Frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon that where derived from multivariate Cluster-analysis of a set of variables containing accessibility, population density, area-management (protected areas & settlements) and the origin of the local population. The methodology to create this data-set can be found in the related publication below. The data comes in form of a raster map with 1km spatial resolution. The following numbers in the raster represent the classes from the map: 1: High Pressure Protected Area Frontier 2: Old Frontier 3: Post Frontier 4: New Frontier 5: Low Pressure Protected Area Frontier 11: North-Eastern Settlement Frontier 12: Northern Settlement Frontier 13: Southern Settlement Frontier