2020 Pantanal's widespread fire: short- and long-term implications for biodiversity and conservation
Authors:Mataveli, Guilherme A. V. Pereira, Gabriel de Oliveira, Gabriel Seixas, Hugo T. Cardozo, Francielle da S. Shimabukuro, Yosio E. Kawakubo, Fernando S. Brunsell, Nathaniel A.
Volume:30
DOI:10.1007/s10531-021-02243-2
Published:2021
Document Type:Letter
Abstract:The Pantanal faced an unprecedented drought event in 2020. The hydrological year ended in July, 2020 had an annual average rainfall 26 % lower than the average from 1982 to 2020. Consequently, catastrophic wildfires burned out of control. Active fires during this year have also increased, and were 123 % higher than the 2002-2020 Pantanal's average. Approximately 95 % of these active fires occurred in natural land covers with 28 % of them occurring in areas classified as wetlands that likely dried out due to the drought. Therefore, the development of a special policy is needed to minimize the impact of this crisis on the biodiversity, conservation, and traditional people of the Pantanal.
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Corresponding Author:Mataveli, GAV (通讯作者)，Natl Inst Space Res, Earth Observat & Geoinformat Div, Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
Reprint Address:Mataveli, GAV (通讯作者)，Natl Inst Space Res, Earth Observat & Geoinformat Div, Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
Addresses:[Mataveli, Guilherme A. V.; Shimabukuro, Yosio E.] Natl Inst Space Res, Earth Observat & Geoinformat Div, Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP, Brazil; [Pereira, Gabriel; Cardozo, Francielle da S.] Univ Fed Sao Joao del Rei, Dept Geosci, Sao Joao Del Rei, MG, Brazil; [Pereira, Gabriel; Kawakubo, Fernando S.] Univ Sao Paulo, Grad Program Phys Geog, Sao Paulo, Brazil; [de Oliveira, Gabriel] Univ S Alabama, Dept Earth Sci, Mobile, AL USA; [Seixas, Hugo T.] Univ Estadual Campinas, Ctr Environm Studies & Res, Campinas, SP, Brazil; [Brunsell, Nathaniel A.] Univ Kansas, Dept Geog & Atmospher Sci, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
E-mail Addresses:mataveli@alumni.usp.br