@Article{AragaoShim:2010:InFiAm,
               author = "Aragao, Luiz E. O. C and Shimabukuro, Yosio Edemir",
          affiliation = "Univ Exeter, Sch Geog, Landscape \& Ecosyst Dynam Grp, Exeter EX4 
                         4RJ, Devon, England and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 
                         (INPE)}",
                title = "The Incidence of Fire in Amazonian Forests with Implications for 
                         REDD",
              journal = "Science",
                 year = "2010",
               volume = "328",
               number = "5983",
                pages = "1275 - 1278",
                month = "Jun.",
             keywords = "Amazonia, Brazil, carbon emission, deforestation, emission 
                         control, environmental degradation, forest fire, land management, 
                         land use, satellite imagery, sustainable development.",
             abstract = "Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) may 
                         curb carbon emissions, but the consequences for fire hazard are 
                         poorly understood. By analyzing satellite-derived deforestation 
                         and fire data from the Brazilian Amazon, we show that fire 
                         occurrence has increased in 59% of the area that has experienced 
                         reduced deforestation rates. Differences in fire frequencies 
                         across two land-use gradients reveal that fire-free 
                         land-management can substantially reduce fire incidence by as much 
                         as 69%. If sustainable fire-free land-management of deforested 
                         areas is not adopted in the REDD mechanism, then the carbon 
                         savings achieved by avoiding deforestation may be partially 
                         negated by increased emissions from fires.",
                  doi = "10.1126/science.1186925",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1186925",
                 issn = "0036-8075",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "The Incidence of Fire in Amazonian Forests.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "15 jun. 2024"
}