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- Title
Eficiência de combate aos incêndios florestais em Unidades de Conservação brasileiras.
- Authors
RAMALHO, Antonio Henrique Cordeiro; FIEDLER, Nilton Cesar; MENEZES, Rayane Aparecida Silva; BIAZATTI, Leonardo Duarte; CARMO, Flávio Cipriano de Assis do; SILVA, Elaine Cristina Gomes da
- Abstract
The precariousness of plans to combat forest fires, makes fire the main threat to Protected areas. Fire Occurrence Records (ROIs) are strategies to increase efficiency in fighting fires. Thus, we aimed analyze the efficiency of fighting forest fires in Brazilian Protected Areas. ROIs by National Fire Information System for the period 2010 to 2020 were used. The number of complete and incomplete ROIs, types of detection, amount of area burned, time of detection, attack and combat were evaluated. The results showed that only 52.33% of the ROIs were complete and that 2019 was the year with the most complete ROIs. Observation points and patrol were the main detection methods. Brazilian protected areas suffered from the destruction of 31,918,617.41 hectares in the analyzed period, which means an extreme severity index. It is concluded that Brazilian protected areas have low efficiency in combating forest fires, mainly in initial attack and combat, and it is necessary to improve the efficiency of detection and combat, infrastructure, conduct training and awareness about the importance of ROIs.
- Publication
Nativa, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 4, p393
- ISSN
2318-7670
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31413/nativa.v9i4.12366