This policy brief presents the level of emissions from understory forest wildfires in the Amazon as a way to highlight the urgent need to protect the carbon sink and storage potential, a critical function of the Amazonian rainforests, which has been diminished.
Smoke pollution's impacts in Amazonia
Smoke pollution's impacts in Amazonia
Brazil’s Amazon region is undergoing a period of environmental setback, during which large infrastructure projects are being pushed forward and environmental protection is being reduced. One of these projects is the reopening of Highway BR-319, which was built in...