TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - The incidence of fire in Amazonian forests with implications for REDD
JO  - Science
A1  - Aragão, Luiz E. O. C.
A1  - Shimabukuro, Yosio E.
SP  - 1275
EP  - 1278
VL  - 328
IS  - 5983
N2  - Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) may curb carbon emissions, but the consequences for fire hazard are poorly understood. By analyzing satellite-derived deforestation and fire data from the Brazilian Amazon, we show that fire occurrence has increased in 59% of the area that has experienced reduced deforestation rates. Differences in fire frequencies across two land-use gradients reveal that fire-free land-management can substantially reduce fire incidence by as much as 69%. If sustainable fire-free land-management of deforested areas is not adopted in the REDD mechanism, then the carbon savings achieved by avoiding deforestation may be partially negated by increased emissions from fires.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0036-8075
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1186925
ID  - ref1
ER  -