Supplementary Material of the article:
Ecological restoration of Xingu Basin headwaters: Motivations, engagement, challenges,
and perspectives.
Authors: Giselda Durigan, Natalia Guerin, José Nicola Martorano Neves da Costa
Notes on deforestation and restored areas at the Xingu basin, state of
Mato Grosso, Brazil.
The Appendix 1 brings information on Figure 1: the proportion of deforested
areas in 1994 and 2010 at the Xingu basin headwaters and sources of information on the
maps. Appendix 2 brings details on the monitoring of the woody plant communities at the
restored ecosystems. Data presented at Appendix 3 complement the information cited in
the discussion about the total area already restored since the beginning of the Y Ikatu
Xingu Campaign at the Xingu basin in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Appendix 1. Deforestation at the Xingu basin headwaters. Figure provided by Instituto
Socioambiental – ISA 2012
Estimated proportion of deforestation until 1994: 14% of the basin headwaters*
Estimated proportion of deforestation until 2010: 37% of the basin headwaters (excluding
unmapped areas)*
Sources of the information:
Native vegetation cover remaining and deforestation until 1994: ISA
Native vegetation cover remaining and deforestation in the Amazon Biome until 2010:
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais – INPE/Projeto PRODES
Native vegetation cover and deforestation in the Cerrado Biome within the Xingu basin
until 2010: ISA (estimated by visual interpretation of Landsat TM imagery)
Hydrography: Sistema de Proteção da Amazônia – SIPAM / Instituto Brasileiro de
Geografia e Estatística – IBGE, 2004
Limits of Indigenous Lands and Protected Areas: ISA, 2012
Dates of declaration or protection of the Indigenous Lands: http://ti.socioambiental.org/
Dates of creation of governmental protected areas: http://uc.socioambiental.org/
Limits of the Xingu Basin: ISA, 2011
*Methods adopted to quantify the native vegetation remaining and deforestation were
different between 1994 and 2010.
Appendix 2. Sites where permanent plots were installed in 2010 for monitoring the
plant community being restored by the Y Ikatu Xingu Campaign in the state of Mato
Grosso, Brazil.
Previous
Municipality
Sites
Biome
Canarana
Fazenda São Roque
Cerrado
Pasture
Broadcast seeding *
Querência
Fazenda Roncador
Forest
Pasture
Broadcast seeding *
São José do Xingu
Faz. Bang Bang – lot 88 Forest
Pasture
Broadcast seeding *
São José do Xingu
Faz. Bang Bang – lot 09 Forest
Pasture
Broadcast seeding *
São José do Xingu
Faz. Bang Bang – lot 10 Forest
Pasture
Broadcast seeding *
Canarana
Casa da Criança
Cerrado
Pasture
Sowing in lines *
Querência
Fazenda Candeia
Forest
Soybean/pasture
Sowing in lines *
Barra do Garças
Fazenda Brasil
Cerrado
Pasture
Sowing in lines *
Canarana
Fazenda Cajuru
Cerrado
Soybean/pasture
Sowing in lines **
Canarana
Fazenda Canaã
Cerrado
Soybean
Sowing in lines **
Querência
Fazenda Schneider
Forest
Soybean
Sowing in lines **
Querência
Fazenda Schneider
Forest
Soybean
Sowing in lines **
Canarana
Fazenda Don José
Cerrado
Pasture
Nursery raised seedlings
Canarana
Fazenda 22 de Maio
Cerrado
Soybean/pasture
Nursery raised seedlings
Canarana
Fazenda Estrela de Fogo Cerrado
Pasture
Nursery raised seedlings
land use
Planting technique
* After plowing the soil
** After dissecation with herbicides
Notes on the sampling method:
The sites for monitoring were choosen on the basis of accessibility and information
availability on the previous land use and techniques applied. Sampling has been
proceeded twice a year in each site.
In order to quantify the density of native species growing, four 20 m x 1 m plots were
installed in each site, in diagonal position related to the planting line.
To assess the woody species richness, two lines crossing in diagonal position the whole
restored area are walked in each site, and all species recorded in each occasion.
Appendix 3. Extension of areas being restored by the Y
Ikatu Xingu Campaign in the municipalities of the Xingu
basin, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, until the year 2012.
Municipality
Água Boa
Barra do Garças
Bom Jesus do Araguaia
Canabrava do Norte
Canarana
Restored area (ha)
119.2
47
70.5
18
212.13
Cláudia
57
Confresa
30
Gaúcha do Norte
17
Nova Mutum
27.8
Nova Xavantina
20.38
Querência
447.7
Ribeirão Cascalheira
8.7
Santa Cruz do Xingu
361.12
São Félix do Araguaia
São José do Xingu
Vila Rica
Total
48
1,077.98
2
2,564.51
Note: Some other municipalities have areas being restored, not quantified as yet:
Guarantã do Norte, Matupá, Marcelândia, Peixoto de Azevedo, Feliz Natal, Nova
Ubiratã, Tabaporã and Vera.