ECOLOGIC-ECONOMIC SONING IN THE JURUÁ EXTRACTIVE RESERVE 
(ACRE STATE, BRAZILIAN AMAZON): PRELIMINARY RESULTS 
FROM IMAGE PROCESSING OF SATELLITE IMAGERY 
Henrique Llacer Roig 
Alvaro Penteado Crósta 
Keith Brown 
Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP 
Instituto de Geociéncias 
P.O. Box 6152 
13081-970 - Campinas - SP, Brazil 
ISPRS Commission VII / Working Group 5 
ABSTRACT 
This papers presents some preliminary result from image processing of LANDSAT/TM imagery over the 
Jurué Extractive Reserve, aiming to produce ecologic-economic zoning maps based on the characterization of 
natural landscape units (mainly vegetation types). This work is part of a more extensive project, named "Can 
Traditional Forest-Dwellers self-manage Conservation Areas? A probing Experiment in the Juruá Extractive 
Reserve, Acre, Brazil", currently under development by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from several 
Brazilian and foreign institutions. The final goal of the project is to help local communities of rubber tappers 
in monitoring and preserving natural resources within the reserve. Image processing techniques for 
characterizing natural landscapes included non-supervised and supervised classification and semi-variogram 
textural classifier (STC). Standard classification techniques were found useful for defining different patterns 
of human occupation. However, they were less efficient in separating different vegetation communities, 
because of spectral heterogeneities. The STC, on the other hand, enhances different forest textures. 
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