The emergence of a new deforestation hotspot in Amazonia

Autor(es)

Mataveli, Guilherme A. V. ^[1] ; Chaves, Michel E. D. ^[1] ; Brunsell, Nathaniel A. ^[2] ; Aragao, Luiz E. O. C. ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Natl Inst Space Res INPE, Earth Observat & Geoinformat Div, BR-12227010 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Kansas, Dept Geog & Atmospher Sci, Lawrence, KS 66045 - USA

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION; v. 19, n. 1, p. 33-36, JAN-MAR 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

The Brazilian Amazon is facing a deforestation boom with potentially new deforestation hotspots emerging. We have identified one of these hotspots at the margins of the BR-319, where bidding notices for paving this highway were recently announced in spite of having legal permission for it. Approximately 90% of the direct influence zone of this highway is composed of pristine vegetation, still extremely well preserved. No environmental impact study on the effects of this paving has been conducted in the most preserved part of the highway. From July to September, 2020, period after the publishing of the bidding notices, deforestation alerts and active fires have increased significantly in its direct influence zone. This suggests the absence of a clear strategy for the sustainable development and conservation of the Brazilian Amazon. Resuming and improving actions that significantly decreased deforestation and hold to account actors opposing environmental obligations is urgently needed. (C) 2021 Associacao Brasileira de Ciencia Ecologica e Conservacao. Published by Elsevier B.V. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/02018-2 - Variação interanual do balanço de gases de efeito estufa na Bacia Amazônica e seus controles em um mundo sob aquecimento e mudanças climáticas – Carbam: estudo de longo termo do balanço do carbono da Amazônia
• Beneficiário: Luciana Vanni Gatti
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa de Pesquisa sobre Mudanças Climáticas Globais - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 19/25701-8 - Influência do uso e cobertura da terra na emissão de material particulado fino (PM2,5µm) por queimadas nos biomas Amazônia e Cerrado integrando modelagem e sensoriamento remoto
• Beneficiário: Guilherme Augusto Verola Mataveli
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado