Does the Establishment of Sustainable Use Reserves Affect Fire Management in the Humid Tropics?

ABSTRACT: Tropical forests are experiencing a growing fire problem driven by climatic change, agricultural expansion and forest degradation. Protected areas are an important feature of forest protection strategies, and sustainable use reserves (SURs) may be reducing fire prevalence since they promote sustainable livelihoods and resource management. However, the use of fire in swidden agriculture, and other forms of land management, may be undermining the effectiveness of SURs in meeting their conservation and sustainable development goals. We analyse MODIS derived hot pixels, TRMM rainfall data, Terra-Class land cover data, socio-ecological data from the Brazilian agro-census and the spatial extent of rivers and roads to evaluate whether the designation of SURs reduces fire occurrence in the Brazili

SUBMITTER: Carmenta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4757533 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature