[HTML][HTML] Understanding Brazil's catastrophic fires: Causes, consequences and policy needed to prevent future tragedies

VR Pivello, I Vieira, AV Christianini, DB Ribeiro… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brazil has experienced unprecedented wildfires in the last decade. Images of immense
burnt areas or dead animals that failed to escape the 2020 wildfires have shocked the world …

Record-breaking wildfires in the world's largest continuous tropical wetland: Integrative fire management is urgently needed for both biodiversity and humans

LC Garcia, JK Szabo, F de Oliveira Roque… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Brazilian Pantanal, wildfire occurrence has increased, reaching record highs
of over 40,000 km 2 in 2020. Smoke from wildfires worsened the situation of isolated, as well …

Extreme drought in the Brazilian Pantanal in 2019–2020: characterization, causes, and impacts

JA Marengo, AP Cunha, LA Cuartas… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Pantanal region in South America is one of the world's largest wetlands. Since 2019, the
Pantanal has suffered a prolonged drought that has spelled disaster for the region, and …

Distance sampling surveys reveal 17 million vertebrates directly killed by the 2020's wildfires in the Pantanal, Brazil

WM Tomas, CN Berlinck, RM Chiaravalloti… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Anthropogenic factors have significantly influenced the frequency, duration, and intensity of
meteorological drought in many regions of the globe, and the increased frequency of …

The unequal burden of human-wildlife conflict

AR Braczkowski, CJ O'Bryan, C Lessmann… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Human-wildlife conflict is one of the most pressing sustainable development challenges
globally. This is particularly the case where ecologically and economically important wildlife …

Ecological restoration in Brazilian biomes: Identifying advances and gaps

A Guerra, LK Reis, FLG Borges, PTA Ojeda… - Forest ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Bonn challenge aims at the restoration of 350 million hectares of degraded ladscapes
by 2030. In Brazil, the restoration goal for 2030 is 12 million hectares. Despite the great …

Changes in land use enhance the sensitivity of tropical ecosystems to fire-climate extremes

S Kumar, A Getirana, R Libonati, C Hain… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The Pantanal, the largest contiguous wetland in the world with a high diversity of
ecosystems and habitat for several endangered species, was impacted by record-breaking …

Fires dynamics in the Pantanal: Impacts of anthropogenic activities and climate change

JF Marques, MB Alves, CF Silveira, AA e Silva… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities responsible for modifying climatic regimes and land use and land
cover (LULC) have been altering fire behavior even in regions with natural occurrences …

Lightning patterns in the Pantanal: Untangling natural and anthropogenic-induced wildfires

LS Menezes, AM de Oliveira, FLM Santos… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The identification of fire causes and characteristics is of fundamental importance to better
understand fire regimes and drivers. Particularly for Brazil, there is a gap in the quantification …

Drivers and projections of vegetation loss in the Pantanal and surrounding ecosystems

A Guerra, F de Oliveira Roque, LC Garcia… - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Modeling scenarios can help identify drivers of and potential changes in land use,
particularly in rapidly changing landscapes such as the tropics. One of the places where …