Forest fires in the Amazon: short-term individual benefits versus long-term societal costs

9 de maio de 2009

maio 9, 2009

Ane Alencar, Ricardo Mello

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Fire is the least expensive and most broadly used method of clearing land and converting forest biomass into soil nutrients for pastures and crops in the tropics. Fire is also used to control weeds and to reinvigorate palatable pasture grasses. Even if beneficial for farmers over the short run, intensification of deforestation and burning impose long-term costs on individuals and society.

Alencar, A. and Mello, R. 2009. Forest fires in the Amazon: short-term individual benefits versus long-term societal costs. In: Realising REDD+: National strategy and policy options. Editors Angelsen, A., M. Brockhaus, M. Kanninen, E. Sills, W.D. Sunderlin, and S. Wertz-Kanounnikoff. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia. 316 p.

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Overview: Global fire regime conditions, threats, and opportunities for fire management in the tropics

The major sources of fire regime alteration worldwide include climate change, agriculture and ranching, deforestation, rural and urban development, energy production, fire exclusion and suppression, invasive species, plantations, and arson. Integrated fire management (IFM) is an approach that considers both damaging and beneficial fires within the context of the natural environments and socio-economic systems in which they occur. IFM takes into account fire ecology, socio-economic issues, and fire management technology to generate practical solutions to fire-related threats to biodiversity.