TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Deforestation falls but rise of wildfires continues degrading Brazilian Amazon forests
JO  - Global change biology
A1  - Mataveli, Guilherme
A1  - Jones, Matthew W.
A1  - Carmenta, Rachel
A1  - Sanchez, Alber
A1  - Dutra, Débora J.
A1  - Chaves, Michel
A1  - de Oliveira, Gabriel
A1  - Anderson, Liana O.
A1  - Aragão, Luiz E. O. C.
SP  - e17202
EP  - e17202
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
N2  - In 2023, Brazil achieved positive environmental strides in the Amazon, with a 22% reduction in deforestation rates and a 16% decline in total fire counts compared with 2022, attributed to renewed environmental policy implementation. However, despite progress, deforestation remains above the target, and forest wildfires in old-growth Amazonian forests surged by 152% in 2023 versus 2022, threatening biodiversity and carbon stocks. The rise in fires poses challenges for traditional farmers, impacts urban areas' air quality, and necessitates urgent measures like enhanced firefighting capabilities and long-term strategies for fire-free production chains to protect the Amazonian standing forests--a global socio-environmental asset.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1354-1013
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17202
ID  - ref1
ER  -