TY - JOUR
T1 - Deforestation falls but rise of wildfires continues degrading Brazilian Amazon forests
AU - Mataveli, Guilherme
AU - Jones, Matthew W.
AU - Carmenta, Rachel
AU - Sanchez, Alber
AU - Dutra, Débora J.
AU - Chaves, Michel
AU - de Oliveira, Gabriel
AU - Anderson, Liana O.
AU - Aragão, Luiz E. O. C.
N1 - 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.
PY - 2024/2
Y1 - 2024/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1111/gcb.17202
DO - 10.1111/gcb.17202
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 38362838
AN - SCOPUS:85185241248
VL - 30
JO - Global Change Biology
JF - Global Change Biology
SN - 1354-1013
IS - 2
M1 - e17202
ER -