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- Title
Forest Fire Prediction and Prevention in the Brazilian Amazon.
- Authors
Nepstad, Daniel; Moreira, Adriana; Veríssimo, Adalberto; Lefebvre, Paul; Schlesinger, Peter; Potter, Christopher; Nobre, Carlos; Setzer, Alberto; Krug, Thelma; Barros, Ana Cristina; Alencar, Ane; Pereira, João Raposo
- Abstract
Focuses on the RisQue98 as a program designed to advance forest-fire prevention policies developed by the Brazilian government. Use of the program in predicting the susceptibility of forests to fires; Capacity of the Amazonian forests to resist burning during severe seasonal droughts; Application of the program in enforcing environmental regulations.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; FOREST fire prevention &; control; RAIN forest conservation
- Publication
Conservation Biology, 1998, Vol 12, Issue 5, p951
- ISSN
0888-8892
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.012005951.x