Project name: Forest degradation by logging and fire in Santarem, Mato Grosso and Paragominas
PI: Richard Houghton - EUA/ Ane Alencar - Brazil

**STUDY AREAS DESCRIPTION**
--------------------------------
Study area location: Alo Brasil
State: Mato Grosso
Field work date: January and August 2003
Dataset location: ftp://lba.cptec.inpe.br/lba_archives/CD/CD-11/AloBrasil-MT/
Study area coordinates:UTM Zone 22S SAD69
UL: 382,027.83 E; 8,700,770.24 N
LR: 445,270.95 E; 8,656,790.82 N

AREA A - Transitional forest burned 
AREA B - Transitional forest with conventional logging and one understory fire in 1998 
AREA C - Transitional primary forest (no logging and understory fires)
AREA D - Transitional forest logged
AREA E - Transitional forest with two consectuves understory fires 2001 and 2002

--------------------------------
Study area location: Santarém
State: Pará
Field work date: July 2001 and August 2002
Dataset location: ftp://lba.cptec.inpe.br/lba_archives/CD/CD-11/Santarem-PA/ 
Study area coordinates: UTM zone 21S SAD69
UL: 726,736.27 E; 9,659,415.97 N
LR: 756,591.56 E; 9,641,313.91 N

AREA B - Dense forest with two understory fires, one in 1997 and another in 1998 
AREA C - Dense forest with one light understory fire in 1998 
AREA D - Dense forest with three understory fires, one in 1997 and two in 1998 
AREA E - Dense primary forest
AREA F - Dense forest with logging and understory fire in 1998
AREA G - Dense forest with traditional logging

--------------------------------
Study area location: Paragominas
State: Pará
Field work date: February and June 2003
Dataset location: ftp://lba.cptec.inpe.br/lba_archives/CD/CD-11/Paragominas-PA/
Study area coordinates:UTM Zone 23S SAD69
UL: 212,623.81 E; 9,706,793.45 N
LR: 275.668,32 E; 9,636,739.69 N

AREA A - Dense forest logged
AREA B - Dense forest logged and burned 
AREA C - Dense forest logged and twice burned
AREA D - Dense forest logged 
AREA E - Dense primary forest