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Changes in the population’s exposure to smoke generated by forest fires in the Amazon: what do the data on disasters and air quality say?

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Author(s):
Liana Anderson [1] ; Victor Marchezini [2]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Cemaden) - Brasil
[2] Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Cemaden) - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Saúde debate; v. 44, p. 284-302, 2021-07-05.
Abstract

ABSTRACT The fire use and its impacts are growing in the Amazon. In this study, the problem of burning and wildfires in the context of civil protection and defense was evaluated, to assess the number of records of emergency situations or state of public calamity declared regarding the increase in the occurrence of fires and forest fires in the Amazon. A historical analysis was carried out to quantify changes in the population’s exposure to fires, forest fires and air quality. A vision of the forest fire crisis in the Amazon in 2019 was presented in which one of the main immediate impacts was low air quality associated with these events. The analyzes suggest that there is a neglect in officially registering emergency situations and public calamities associated with low air quality, arising from burnings and forest fires, mainly in the northern region of the country. Through the monitoring of the crisis between the months of July and August 2019, due to the critical situation of the occurrence of fires reported until the end of 2019 in the southwest of the Amazon, it is understood that there is a possibility that this situation could be considered a disaster. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/05440-5 - Agri-environmental policy and agricultural fires in the Amazon: an economic analysis
Grantee:Thiago Fonseca Morello Ramalho da Silva
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
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
FAPESP's process: 18/06093-4 - Multidisciplinary research methods on disaster risk research: inputs for building people-centered and multihazards early warning systems
Grantee:Victor Marchezini
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research