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Although the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell in 2023, the region is faced with another challenge in the shape of fire affecting the native vegetation that has so far been spared destruction. An article published in the journal Global Change Biology warns that wildfires in old-growth forests rose 152% last year compared with 2022, despite a drop of 16% in the total number of fires throughout the Amazon and a 22% drop in deforestation.
In an analysis of satellite images, the [...]
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Although the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell in 2023, the region is faced with another challenge in the shape of fire affecting the native vegetation that has so far been spared destruction. An article published in the journal Global Change Biology warns that wildfires in old-growth forests rose 152% last year compared with 2022, despite a drop of 16% in the total number of fires throughout the Amazon and a 22% drop in deforestation.
In an analysis of satellite images, the [...]
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BRAZIL – By Luciana Constantino | Agência FAPESP – Although the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell in 2023, the region is faced by another challenge in the shape of fire affecting the native vegetation that has so far been spared destruction. An article published in the journal Global Change Biology warns that wildfires in old-growth forests rose 152% last year compared with 2022, despite a drop of 16% in the total number of fires throughout the Amazon and a [...]
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Although the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell in 2023, the region is faced with another challenge in the shape of fire affecting the native vegetation that has so far been spared destruction. An article published in the journal Global Change Biology warns that wildfires in old-growth forests rose 152% last year compared with 2022, despite a drop of 16% in the total number of fires throughout the Amazon and a 22% drop in deforestation.
In an analysis of satellite images, the [...]
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The number of fires shows no signs of easing as Brazil's Roraima faces unprecedented blazes, and several Amazonian countries, including Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela, registered record-high outbreaks in the first quarter this year.
Fire outbreaks in primary (old-growth) forest in Brazil's Amazon soared by 152% in 2023, according to a recent study, rising from 13,477 in 2022 to 34,012 in 2023.
Fires in the mature forest regions are the leading drivers of degradation of the Amazon [...]
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Fires in areas of native vegetation in the Amazon that have not been affected by deforestation and that are known as ‘mature forests’ increased by 152% last year, compared to 2022, scientific sources reported yesterday.
‘Mature forests’ contain the oldest native trees in the biome, which have a greater carbon storage potential than younger ones and thus help curb the impacts of the climate crisis.
According to the study released by the Research Support [...]
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Mesmo com a redução do desmatamento na Amazônia em 2023, o bioma vem
enfrentando outro desafio: os incêndios em áreas de vegetação nativa ainda não
afetadas pelo desmatamento. Estudo publicado na revista científica Global Change
Biology alerta que os incêndios em áreas das chamadas “florestas maduras”
cresceram 152% no ano passado em comparação a 2022, enquanto houve uma
queda de [...]
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Mesmo com queda registrada com relação ao desmatamento e do total de focos de calor na Amazônia, as queimadas seguem na contramão e registrando aumento exorbitante. Em 2023, os incêndios aumentaram cerca de 152% em áreas consideradas como florestas maduras.
O estudo que apontou esse aumento no ano passado foi publicado na revista científica Global Change Biology, o qual mostrou os números de queimadas e de desmatamento. Com [...]
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Mesmo com a redução do desmatamento na Amazônia em 2023, o bioma vem
enfrentando outro desafio: os incêndios em áreas de vegetação nativa ainda não
afetadas pelo desmatamento. Estudo publicado na revista científica Global Change
Biology alerta que os incêndios em áreas das chamadas “florestas maduras”
cresceram 152% no ano passado em comparação a 2022, enquanto houve uma
queda de [...]
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Estudo publicado na revista científica Global Change Biology mostra que no ano passado houve uma queda de 16% no total de focos de incêndio na Amazônia, além de redução de 22% no desmatamento. Mas mesmo assim, o bioma vem enfrentando outro desafio: os incêndios em áreas de vegetação nativa ainda não afetadas pelo desmatamento. Os incêndios em áreas das chamadas “florestas maduras” cresceram 152% [...]
