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2020 Pantanal's widespread fire: short- and long-term implications for biodiversity and conservation

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Author(s):
Mataveli, Guilherme A. V. [1] ; Pereira, Gabriel [2, 3] ; de Oliveira, Gabriel [4] ; Seixas, Hugo T. [5] ; Cardozo, Francielle da S. [3] ; Shimabukuro, Yosio E. [1] ; Kawakubo, Fernando S. [2] ; Brunsell, Nathaniel A. [6]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] Natl Inst Space Res, Earth Observat & Geoinformat Div, Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Grad Program Phys Geog, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Sao Joao del Rei, Dept Geosci, Sao Joao Del Rei, MG - Brazil
[4] Univ S Alabama, Dept Earth Sci, Mobile, AL - USA
[5] Univ Estadual Campinas, Ctr Environm Studies & Res, Campinas, SP - Brazil
[6] Univ Kansas, Dept Geog & Atmospher Sci, Lawrence, KS 66045 - USA
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Letter
Source: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION; v. 30, n. 11 JUL 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

The Pantanal faced an unprecedented drought event in 2020. The hydrological year ended in July, 2020 had an annual average rainfall 26 % lower than the average from 1982 to 2020. Consequently, catastrophic wildfires burned out of control. Active fires during this year have also increased, and were 123 % higher than the 2002-2020 Pantanal's average. Approximately 95 % of these active fires occurred in natural land covers with 28 % of them occurring in areas classified as wetlands that likely dried out due to the drought. Therefore, the development of a special policy is needed to minimize the impact of this crisis on the biodiversity, conservation, and traditional people of the Pantanal. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/25701-8 - The influence of land use and land cover on fine particulate matter (PM2.5µm) emissions from fire in Amazonia and Cerrado biomes integrating modelling and remote sensing
Grantee:Guilherme Augusto Verola Mataveli
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 16/02018-2 - Interannual variation of Amazon Basin greenhouse gas balances and their controls in a warming and increasingly variable climate – Carbam: the Amazon carbon balance long-term study
Grantee:Luciana Vanni Gatti
Support Opportunities: Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants