%0 Journal Article
%4 sid.inpe.br/plutao/2018/06.18.15.29
%2 sid.inpe.br/plutao/2018/06.18.15.29.57
%@doi 10.3390/f9060305
%@issn 1999-4907
%F lattes: 0506851271452550 1 SilvaJrArFoAlVeAn:2018:DeFrIn
%T Deforestation-induced fragmentation increases forest fire occurrence in central brazilian Amazonia
%D 2018
%9 journal article
%A Silva Junior, Celso Henrique Leite,
%A Aragão, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de,
%A Fonseca, Marisa G.,
%A Almeida, Catherine Torres de,
%A Vedovato, Laura Barbosa,
%A Anderson, Liana O.,
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (CEMADEN)
%@electronicmailaddress celso.junior@inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress luiz.aragao@inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress marisa_fonseca@yahoo.com.br
%@electronicmailaddress cathe.torres@gmail.com
%@electronicmailaddress laurabv@dsr.inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress liana.anderson@cemaden.gov.br
%B Forests
%V 9
%N 305
%P 1-16
%K remote sensing, MODIS, Amazonian forests, Brazilian Forest Code, edge effects.
%X Amazonia is home to more than half of the worlds remaining tropical forests, playing a key role as reservoirs of carbon and biodiversity. However, whether at a slower or faster pace, continued deforestation causes forest fragmentation in this region. Thus, understanding the relationship between forest fragmentation and fire incidence and intensity in this region is critical. Here, we use MODIS Active Fire Product (MCD14ML, Collection 6) as a proxy of forest fire incidence and intensity (measured as Fire Radiative PowerFRP), and the Brazilian official Land-use and Land-cover Map to understand the relationship among deforestation, fragmentation, and forest fire on a deforestation frontier in the Brazilian Amazonia. Our results showed that forest fire incidence and intensity vary with levels of habitat loss and forest fragmentation. About 95% of active fires and the most intense ones (FRP > 500 megawatts) were found in the first kilometre from the edges in forest areas. Changes made in 2012 in the Brazilian main law regulating the conservation of forests within private properties reduced the obligation to recover illegally deforested areas, thus allowing for the maintenance of fragmented areas in the Brazilian Amazonia. Our results reinforce the need to guarantee low levels of fragmentation in the Brazilian Amazonia in order to avoid the degradation of its forests by fire and the related carbon emissions.
%@language en
%3 silva junior_deforestation.pdf
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/6/305
%O Prêmio CAPES Elsevier 2023 - ODS 15: Vida terrestre