Ludepa, a joint project of Germany and Argentina to fight against desertificaron in Patagonia
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1994Autor
Oliva, Gabriel
Rial, P.
Gonzáles, L.
Cuadra, Dante Edin
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Desertification affects seriously most of
Patagonia. To assess the extent of this process we
studied LANDSAT MSS images of about three
million hectares of the Central District of Santa
Cruz province (Argentina).
Landscape units were digitized from screen.
Subsets of the LANDSAT image were obtained for
each landscape unit and classification was
performed.
Ground check included estimation of water and
wind erosión and vegetation degradation.
About 75% of the area is affected seriously by
desertification. Susceptibility and altematives for
sustainable use of each landscape unit are
discussed. Most of the affected area should be
protected and sheep grazing excluded.