[HTML][HTML] Understanding Brazil's catastrophic fires: Causes, consequences and policy needed to prevent future tragedies

VR Pivello, I Vieira, AV Christianini, DB Ribeiro… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brazil has experienced unprecedented wildfires in the last decade. Images of immense
burnt areas or dead animals that failed to escape the 2020 wildfires have shocked the world …

Record-breaking wildfires in the world's largest continuous tropical wetland: Integrative fire management is urgently needed for both biodiversity and humans

LC Garcia, JK Szabo, F de Oliveira Roque… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Brazilian Pantanal, wildfire occurrence has increased, reaching record highs
of over 40,000 km 2 in 2020. Smoke from wildfires worsened the situation of isolated, as well …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term landsat-based monthly burned area dataset for the Brazilian biomes using deep learning

AAC Alencar, VLS Arruda, WV Silva, DE Conciani… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fire is a significant agent of landscape transformation on Earth, and a dynamic and
ephemeral process that is challenging to map. Difficulties include the seasonality of native …

Prioritising areas for wildfire prevention and post-fire restoration in the Brazilian Pantanal

PI Martins, LBC Belém, JK Szabo, R Libonati… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In 2020, fires in the Pantanal, the world's largest continuous tropical wetland, made global
news. The flames destroyed almost one-third of the biome. Furthermore, 43% of the affected …

Drivers and projections of vegetation loss in the Pantanal and surrounding ecosystems

A Guerra, F de Oliveira Roque, LC Garcia… - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Modeling scenarios can help identify drivers of and potential changes in land use,
particularly in rapidly changing landscapes such as the tropics. One of the places where …

[HTML][HTML] Joining forces to fight wildfires: Science and management in a protected area of Pantanal, Brazil

PS Silva, JA Rodrigues, J Nogueira, LC Moura… - … Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
In 2020, the world's largest continuous stretch of wetlands, the Pantanal in South America,
recorded its most catastrophic fire season of the last two decades, resulting in severe …

Impacts of fire and prospects for recovery in a tropical peat forest ecosystem

ME Harrison, NJ Deere, MA Imron, D Nasir… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Uncontrolled fires place considerable burdens on forest ecosystems, compromising our
ability to meet conservation and restoration goals. A poor understanding of the impacts of …

Feedback in tropical forests of the Anthropocene

BM Flores, A Staal - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests are complex systems containing myriad interactions and feedbacks with
their biotic and abiotic environments, but as the world changes fast, the future of these …

[HTML][HTML] Heatwaves and fire in Pantanal: Historical and future perspectives from CORDEX-CORE

PS Silva, JL Geirinhas, R Lapere, W Laura… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Pantanal biome, at the confluence of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, is the largest
continental wetland on the planet and an invaluable reserve of biodiversity. The exceptional …

Fire, flood and Pantanal vegetation

GA Damasceno-Junior, AMM Pereira… - Flora and Vegetation of …, 2022 - Springer
Fire in seasonally inundated floodplains sounds like a contradictory issue. Nevertheless,
many tropical and subtropical wetlands in the world, such as Pantanal, are fire-prone. Fire …