Clarifying Amazonia's burning crisis

Jos Barlow; Erika Berenguer; Rachel Carmenta; Filipe França

doi:10.1111/gcb.14872

Clarifying Amazonia's burning crisis

Glob Chang Biol. 2020 Feb;26(2):319-321. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14872. Epub 2019 Nov 15.

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Jos Barlow^{1

2}, Erika Berenguer^{1

3}, Rachel Carmenta⁴, Filipe França⁵

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¹ Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
² Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil.
³ Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Department of Geography, University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁵ Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.

PMID: 31729092
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14872

Abstract

This article clarifies the different types of fire in the Amazon, their different drivers and the positive feedbacks that can lead to more fires in the region. It then explores evidence regarding the peak in active fire detections in August 2019, showing that these were linked to the highest levels of deforestation since 2008. Finally, we examine the solutions needed to reduce the prevalence of uncontrolled or illegal fire in the Brazilian Amazon.

Clarifying Amazonia's burning crisis

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