Abstract
The increasing importance of studying the impact of deforestation in Brazil is notorious, specially in the region known as the Amazonian Deforestation Arc, which encompasses several states such as Amapá, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins, Pará and Maranhão. Due to its large territorial extension, the impacts of deforestation are not restricted to Brazil, and can interfer…