Approximately 2.5× 106 square kilometers of the Amazon forest are currently degraded by
fire, edge effects, timber extraction, and/or extreme drought, representing 38% of all …

We review the consequences of environmental changes caused by human activities on
forest products and forest-dependent communities in the Amazon region—the vast …

Aim The aim was to evaluate fire activity for the entire Amazon and Amazon regions within
each country/department from 2003 to 2020, assessing the potential contributions of drought …

Fire is a significant agent of landscape transformation on Earth, and a dynamic and
ephemeral process that is challenging to map. Difficulties include the seasonality of native …

Tropical forest degradation from selective logging, fire and edge effects is a major driver of
carbon and biodiversity loss,–, with annual rates comparable to those of deforestation …

Global warming is anticipated to largely impact drought dynamics. Therefore, a
comprehensive projection of global drought under various future warming levels is critical for …

People have modified landscapes throughout the Holocene (the last c. 11,700 years) by
modifying soils, burning forests, cultivating and domesticating plants, and directly and …

Tropical forests provide essential environmental services to human well-being. In the world,
Brazil has the largest continuous area of these forests. However, in the state of Maranhão, in …

Uncontrolled fires place considerable burdens on forest ecosystems, compromising our
ability to meet conservation and restoration goals. A poor understanding of the impacts of …

The impacts of wildfires are increasing in the Mediterranean Basin due to more extreme fire
seasons featuring increasingly fast and high-intensity fires, which often overwhelm the …