Fires Drive Long-Term Environmental Degradation in the Amazon Basin
Carlos Antonio Da Silva Junior
(1)
,
Mendelson Lima
,
Paulo Eduardo Teodoro
,
José Francisco De Oliveira-Júnior
,
Fernando Saragosa Rossi
,
Beatriz Miky Funatsu
(2)
,
Weslei Butturi
,
Thaís Lourençoni
,
Aline Kraeski
,
Tatiane Deoti Pelissari
,
Francielli Aloisio Moratelli
,
Damien Arvor
(3)
,
Iago Manuelson dos Santos Luz
,
Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro
,
Vincent Dubreuil
(3)
,
Vinicius Modolo Teixeira
Carlos Antonio Da Silva Junior
- Fonction : Auteur
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Mendelson Lima
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Paulo Eduardo Teodoro
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José Francisco De Oliveira-Júnior
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 823028
- ORCID : 0000-0002-6131-7605
Fernando Saragosa Rossi
- Fonction : Auteur
Beatriz Miky Funatsu
- Fonction : Auteur
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- ORCID : 0000-0003-0448-1924
- IdRef : 223449210
Weslei Butturi
- Fonction : Auteur
Thaís Lourençoni
- Fonction : Auteur
Aline Kraeski
- Fonction : Auteur
Tatiane Deoti Pelissari
- Fonction : Auteur
Francielli Aloisio Moratelli
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 823030
- ORCID : 0000-0002-0304-985X
Damien Arvor
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : damien-arvor
- ORCID : 0000-0002-3017-9625
- IdRef : 136950191
Iago Manuelson dos Santos Luz
- Fonction : Auteur
Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro
- Fonction : Auteur
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Vincent Dubreuil
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- IdRef : 057532974
Vinicius Modolo Teixeira
- Fonction : Auteur
Résumé
The Amazon Basin is undergoing extensive environmental degradation as a result of deforestation and the rising occurrence of fires. The degradation caused by fires is exacerbated by the occurrence of anomalously dry periods in the Amazon Basin. The objectives of this study were: (i) to quantify the extent of areas that burned between 2001 and 2019 and relate them to extreme drought events in a 20-year time series; (ii) to identify the proportion of countries comprising the Amazon Basin in which environmental degradation was strongly observed, relating the spatial patterns of fires; and (iii) examine the Amazon Basin carbon balance following the occurrence of fires. To this end, the following variables were evaluated by remote sensing between 2001 and 2019: gross primary production, standardized precipitation index, burned areas, fire foci, and carbon emissions. During the examined period, fires affected 23.78% of the total Amazon Basin. Brazil had the largest affected area (220,087 fire foci, 773,360 km2 burned area, 54.7% of the total burned in the Amazon Basin), followed by Bolivia (102,499 fire foci, 571,250 km2 burned area, 40.4%). Overall, these fires have not only affected forests in agricultural frontier areas (76.91%), but also those in indigenous lands (17.16%) and conservation units (5.93%), which are recognized as biodiversity conservation areas. During the study period, the forest absorbed 1,092,037 Mg of C, but emitted 2908 Tg of C, which is 2.66-fold greater than the C absorbed, thereby compromising the role of the forest in acting as a C sink. Our findings show that environmental degradation caused by fires is related to the occurrence of dry periods in the Amazon Basin.
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Fires Drive Long-Term Environmental Degradation in the Amazon Basin
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Résumé |
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The Amazon Basin is undergoing extensive environmental degradation as a result of deforestation and the rising occurrence of fires. The degradation caused by fires is exacerbated by the occurrence of anomalously dry periods in the Amazon Basin. The objectives of this study were: (i) to quantify the extent of areas that burned between 2001 and 2019 and relate them to extreme drought events in a 20-year time series; (ii) to identify the proportion of countries comprising the Amazon Basin in which environmental degradation was strongly observed, relating the spatial patterns of fires; and (iii) examine the Amazon Basin carbon balance following the occurrence of fires. To this end, the following variables were evaluated by remote sensing between 2001 and 2019: gross primary production, standardized precipitation index, burned areas, fire foci, and carbon emissions. During the examined period, fires affected 23.78% of the total Amazon Basin. Brazil had the largest affected area (220,087 fire foci, 773,360 km2 burned area, 54.7% of the total burned in the Amazon Basin), followed by Bolivia (102,499 fire foci, 571,250 km2 burned area, 40.4%). Overall, these fires have not only affected forests in agricultural frontier areas (76.91%), but also those in indigenous lands (17.16%) and conservation units (5.93%), which are recognized as biodiversity conservation areas. During the study period, the forest absorbed 1,092,037 Mg of C, but emitted 2908 Tg of C, which is 2.66-fold greater than the C absorbed, thereby compromising the role of the forest in acting as a C sink. Our findings show that environmental degradation caused by fires is related to the occurrence of dry periods in the Amazon Basin.
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Auteur(s) |
Carlos Antonio Da Silva Junior
1
, Mendelson Lima
, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro
, José Francisco De Oliveira-Júnior
, Fernando Saragosa Rossi
, Beatriz Miky Funatsu
2
, Weslei Butturi
, Thaís Lourençoni
, Aline Kraeski
, Tatiane Deoti Pelissari
, Francielli Aloisio Moratelli
, Damien Arvor
3
, Iago Manuelson dos Santos Luz
, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro
, Vincent Dubreuil
3
, Vinicius Modolo Teixeira
1
UNEMAT -
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
( 434241 )
- Av. Tancredo Neves, 1095 - Cavalhada II - 78200-000 - Cáceres - Mato Grosso
- Brésil
2
LETG - Nantes -
Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique
( 1088605 )
- Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement de l'Université de Nantes Campus du Tertre BP 8122 44312 NANTES CEDEX 3
- France
3
LETG - Rennes -
Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique
( 1088629 )
- Maison de la Recherche Place du Recteur Henri Le Moal 35043 RENNES CEDEX
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2022-01
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Volume |
14
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Numéro |
2
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Page/Identifiant |
338
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DOI | 10.3390/rs14020338 |
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