Depopulation of rural landscapes exacerbates fire activity in the western Amazon

Destructive fires in Amazonia have occurred in the past decade, leading to forest degradation, carbon emissions, impaired air quality, and property damage. Here, we couple climate, geospatial, and province-level census data, with farmer surveys to examine the climatic, demographic, and land use fact...

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Main Authors:	Uriarte, Maria, DeFries, Ruth S., Fernandes, Kátia, Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo, Baethgen, Walter E., Padoch, Christine, Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	National Academy of Sciences 2012
Subjects:	fires forest fires climate land use demography drought rural population landscape
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95500