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- Title
Could the compound effects of drought and fire have caused an increase of COVID-19 cases in the Pantanal wetland?
- Authors
Lorenz, Camila; Libonati, Renata; Belém, Liz Barreto Coelho; Oliveira, Aline; Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson; Berlinck, Christian Niel; Roque, Fabio de Oliveira
- Abstract
In 2020, wildfires in the Pantanal, the world's largest continuous tropical wetland, destroyed almost one-third of this biome. In addition to this catastrophic situation, the world faced an even more serious threat due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we discussed the impact of the 2020 fires and the COVID-19 pandemic in the public health, mainly in populations living in a situation of vulnerability such as indigenous and riverine peoples. It is necessary to develop region-specific policies to ensure the effectiveness of disaster risk management.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; COVID-19 pandemic; WETLANDS; DROUGHTS; INDIGENOUS peoples
- Publication
Wetlands Ecology & Management, 2024, Vol 32, Issue 1, p133
- ISSN
0923-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11273-023-09965-w