Delimitación de áreas de plantaciones forestales mediante clasificación supervisada de las especies Pinus radiata y Eucaliptus globulus localizadas en el cantón Salcedo provincia de Cotopaxi.

Abstract

This research is developed from the need to identify the areas in which forest plantationsof Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus globulus species are established in the Salcedo canton, province of Cotopaxi, the method of supervised classification of the areas to be studied was applied, different verifications were carried out with different programs, resulting inthe use of the ArcGis program, which is the most appropriate for this research work, the supervised classification was elaborated with Landsat 8 images and the verification of thezones was carried out using SAS Plantet images. Using the Arcgis program, an analysis was made of each of the parishes in which there are forest plantations of Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus globulus species, the verification of the areas of forest plantations whereaccess was gained was carried out through field work and taking points with Global Positioning System (GPS). For the analysis of the results, all the areas of Salcedo cantonwere counted, as well as each of the forest areas that exist in each parish, obtaining as a result that in Salcedo canton has an area of 71.74 (Km2) of Pinus radiata and 132.18 (Km2) of Eucalyptus globulus. The parish with more extinction of forest areas is San Miguel compared to the smallest which is Santa Lucia, in this sense this research will provide data about the areas where forest plantations are located, for future research it issuggested to use these data obtained in this study.