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    Rights statement: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Barlow, J., Berenguer, E., Carmenta, R. and França, F. (2020), Clarifying Amazonia's burning crisis. Glob Change Biol, 26: 319-321. doi:10.1111/gcb.14872 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.14872 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.

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Clarifying Amazonia's burning crisis

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1/02/2020
<mark>Journal</mark>Global Change Biology
Issue number2
Volume26
Number of pages3
Pages (from-to)319-321
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date15/11/19
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This article clarifies the different types of fire in the Amazon, their different drivers and the positive feedbacks that can lead to more fires in the region. It then explores evidence regarding the peak in active fire detections in August 2019, showing that these were linked to the highest levels of deforestation since 2008. Finally, we examine the solutions needed to reduce the prevalence of uncontrolled or illegal fire in the Brazilian Amazon.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Barlow, J., Berenguer, E., Carmenta, R. and França, F. (2020), Clarifying Amazonia's burning crisis. Glob Change Biol, 26: 319-321. doi:10.1111/gcb.14872 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.14872 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.