Increasing wildfires threaten progress on halting deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia

Gabriel de Oliveira, Guilherme Mataveli, Scott C. Stark, Matthew W. Jones, Rachel Carmenta, Nathanial A. Brunsell, Celso A. G. Santos, Carlos A. da Silva Junior, Helinilza F. A. Cunha, Alan C. da Cunha, Carlos A. C. dos Santos, Hannah Stewart, Vanessa Boanada Fuchs, Skye Hellenkamp, Paulo Artaxo, Ane A. C. Alencar, Paulo Moutinho, Yosio E. Shimabukuro

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Abstract

Sustainably managing the Amazon region is essential to mitigating global climate change and to preserving the biological and cultural diversity of the region. After promising reductions in degradation in the 2010s, a return to historically high levels of land conversion and deforestation during the past 5 years has severely undermined these goals. This land conversion — primarily the result of logging, mining and ranching — has generated social, economic and environmental burdens across scales1. Encouragingly, signs of recovery towards Amazon protection are appearing under Brazil’s current federal administration. But amid the drop in deforestation, a new threat is on the rise: uncontrolled fires.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1945-1946
Number of pages2
JournalNature Ecology & Evolution
Volume7
Issue number12
Early online date16 Oct 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2023

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