Aragão and Shimabukuro (Reports, 4 June 2010, p. 1275) reported that fires increase in agricultural frontiers even as deforestation decreases and concluded that these fires lead to unaccounted carbon emissions under the United Nations climate treaty’s tropical deforestation and forest degradation component. Emissions from post-deforestation management activities are, in fact, included in these estimates—but burning of standing forests is not.
Diagnóstico socioambiental de Querência
O projeto “Querência+: Paisagens Sustentáveis” elaborou o presente diagnóstico, contendo informações que vão desde a criação do município até o atual panorama de uso do solo.