Tools
Tools
Mataveli, Guilherme, Jones, Matthew W. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3480-7980, Carmenta, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8607-4147, Sanchez, Alber, Dutra, Débora J., Chaves, Michel, de Oliveira, Gabriel, Anderson, Liana O. and Aragão, Luiz E. O. C.
(2024)
Deforestation falls but rise of wildfires continues degrading Brazilian Amazon forests.
Global Change Biology, 30 (2).
ISSN 1354-1013
Abstract
In 2023, Brazil achieved positive environmental strides in the Amazon, with a 22% reduction in deforestation rates and a 16% decline in total fire counts compared with 2022, attributed to renewed environmental policy implementation. However, despite progress, deforestation remains above the target, and forest wildfires in old-growth Amazonian forests surged by 152% in 2023 versus 2022, threatening biodiversity and carbon stocks. The rise in fires poses challenges for traditional farmers, impacts urban areas' air quality, and necessitates urgent measures like enhanced firefighting capabilities and long-term strategies for fire-free production chains to protect the Amazonian standing forests—a global socio-environmental asset.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Data availability statement: The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in TerraBrasilis at http://terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br/en/home-page/. Funding Information: This work was supported by FAPESP (2019/25701‐8, 2020/15230‐5, 2020/08916‐8, 2021/04019‐4, 2021/07382‐2), NERC (NE/V01417X/), CNPq (314473/2020‐3, 314416/2020‐0), FAPEAM (0102016301000289/2021‐33), and DS Brigde School — Amazon Task Force 2023. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | global and planetary change,environmental chemistry,ecology,environmental science(all),sdg 11 - sustainable cities and communities ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2306 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research |
| Related URLs: | |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2024 09:31 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2024 12:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95218 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/gcb.17202 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |