In November 14, 2017, the Ministry for Environment of Brazil and the Legal Amazon State Governors Forum, besides the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ), the Amazon Fund and the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), invited governments, private sector and civil society to discuss the challenges and the opportunities to achieve the Amazon sustainable development. This report summaries the participation of the Amazon-Bonn speakers.
Thinner bark increases sensitivity of wetter Amazonian tropical forests to fire
Thinner bark increases sensitivity of wetter Amazonian tropical forests to fire
Understory fires represent an accelerating threat to Amazonian tropical forests and can, during drought, affect larger areas than deforestation itself. These fires kill trees at rates varying from < 10 to c. 90% depending on fire intensity, forest disturbance...