MAPBIOMAS

The MAPBIOMAS project gathers data reporting the type of land covering each year by area, that is, for example, the area used for a temporary crop of soybeans. It also reports the transition between coverings during given years.

The data available has an yearly frequency and is available starting from the year 1989.

Options:

  1. dataset:

    • "mapbiomas_cover": types of land cover
    • "mapbiomas_transition": changes in land cover
    • "mapbiomas_deforestation_regeneration": deforestation and forest regeneration
    • "mapbiomas_irrigation": irrigated areas
    • "mapbiomas_grazing_quality": grazing quality
    • "mapbiomas_mining": areas used for mining
    • "mapbiomas_water": areas of water surface
    • "mapbiomas_fire": areas of wildfire burn scars

  2. raw_data: there are two options:

    • TRUE: if you want the data as it is originally.
    • FALSE: if you want the treated version of the data.

  3. geo_level:

    • For datasets "mapbiomas_cover", "mapbiomas_transition", "mapbiomas_deforestation_regeneration" and "mapbiomas_fire", can be "municipality" or "state" (faster download).
    • For dataset "mapbiomas_mining", can be "indigenous_land", "municipality", "state", "biome" or "country".
    • For dataset "mapbiomas_irrigation", can be "state" or "biome".
    • For dataset "mapbiomas_water", can be "municipality", "state" or "biome".
    • Does not apply to other datasets.

  4. language: you can choose between Portuguese ("pt") and English ("eng")

  5. cover_level: Aggregates the data to some level of land coverage. Only applies to datasets "mapbiomas_cover" and "mapbiomas_grazing_quality":

    • cover_level = "none": no aggregation
    • cover_level = 0: least aggregated, with categories of Anthropic and Natural
    • cover_level = 1: categories such as Forest, Non Forest Natural Formation, Farming, Non Vegetated Area, Water, Non Observed
    • cover_level = 2: categories such as Agriculture, Aquaculture, Beach and Dune, Forest Plantation, Pasture, River, Lake and Ocean
    • cover_level = 3: categories such as Aquaculture, Beach and Dune, Forest Formation, Forest Plantation
    • cover_level = 4: categories such as Aquaculture, Beach and Dune, Forest Formation, Forest Plantation

Examples:

# download treated Mapbiomas Cover data in english at the highest aggregation level
data <- load_mapbiomas(dataset = "mapbiomas_cover",
                       raw_data = FALSE,
                       geo_level = "municipality",
                       language = "eng",
                       cover_level = 0)

# download treated Mapbiomas Transition data in portuguese
data <- load_mapbiomas(dataset = "mapbiomas_transition", raw_data = FALSE,
                       geo_level = "state", language = "pt")

# download treated data on mining on indigenous lands
data <- load_mapbiomas("mapbiomas_mining",
                       raw_data = FALSE,
                       geo_level = "indigenous_land")