Monitoring forest degradation patterns using multi-resolution spatial approaches

The Chaco ecosystem is suffering processes of vegetation and soil degradation. Its forests are experiencing among the among the world highest deforestation rates, converting them into agricultural and pastoral areas. The remaining forests are degraded from selective logging, cattle and charcoal production. The soil and vegetation is disturbed by different types of actors. Those actors differ in their access to capital and in the type of interaction with their environment. My thesis focus on monitoring the soil degradation and the salinization process according to the different land uses and types of degradation. Spatial and temporal approaches will be combined to monitor and understand the process of soil degradation and salinization in the region.