The incidence of fire in Amazonian forests with implications for REDD
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Seeing REDD: Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) has become a key economic mechanism in the global strategy to reduce the rate of anthropogenic climate change. For Brazilian Amazonia, Aragão and Shimabukuro (p. 1275 ) point out that the efficacy of REDD could depend not only on avoiding deforestation but also on tackling fire usage. A satellite-based time-series of Amazonian deforestation rates and fire incidence suggests an increased trend in fire incidence across most of the region, despite the overall decrease in deforestation rates. The survey also suggests that the introduction of managed agriculture, instead of traditional slash-and-burn land use in already deforested areas, may promote a reduction of in fire incidence in the Amazon.
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Forest degradation has critical magnitude in the Brazilian Amazon.
“because of its critical magnitude in the Brazilian Amazon (Souza et al., 2013, Aragão and Shimabukuro, 2010, Chaplin-Kramer et al., 2015and Bustamante et al., 2016).”
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- Authors
- Aragão, L. E. O. C., & Shimabukuro, Y. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Aragão, Luiz E. O. C.
- Shimabukuro, Yosio E.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2010-06-04
- Volume
- 328
- Issue
- 5983
- Pages
- 1275-1278
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2049878511
- Cited by
- 298
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 19.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Biblioteca Digital da Memória Científica do INPE (National Institute for Space Research) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/F015356/2)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Forest Management and Policy
- Keywords
- fire occurrence, Amazon rainforest, REDD+, deforestation, fire emissions, land use change, CO2 emissions, deforestation rates, Brazilian Amazon
- MeSH terms
- Atmosphere, Brazil, Carbon, Conservation of Natural Resources, Fires, Trees, Ecosystem, Biodiversity
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