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Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands, the world's largest tropical wetlands, have burned over 770k hectares, threatening jaguars, houses, and plants. The fires pose a long-term risk to wildlife. Wildfires have also caused severe losses in timber-producing forests. Experts warn that if the extractivist development model in the Amazon persists, a France-sized area of rainforest could be destroyed by 2050. Protection measures have had modest impact on forest cover, with stronger effects in areas facing economic development pressure.
In most cases, protection has had at most a modest impact on forest cover, with stronger effects in areas that face pressure of economic development, from Mathias Reynaert, Eduardo A. Souza-Rodrigues, and @ArthurvBenthem https://t.co/zSES8rFbSY https://t.co/0bzWTzh34s
If the extractivist development model in the Amazon persists, a France-sized area of rainforest could be destroyed between now and 2050, warn @robmuggah, @TatianaSchor, and @IlonaSzaboC. https://t.co/GlWC5Vj9U7
Wildfires have caused widespread and increasingly severe losses within timber-producing forests in recent decades, according to maps of logging activity and wildfires published in @NatureGeosci. https://t.co/nokC6LLQgj https://t.co/pszi7cxhQE
The Pantanal wetlands in Brasil have dried out and are on fire. Over 770k hectares have burnt already, an area 3/4 the size of The Lebanon. There is a long term risk to wildlife if too large an area burns. https://t.co/dV3oXRqn0z https://t.co/q2aKtpxDY7
Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world's largest tropical wetlands https://t.co/qNj4rmWYwm
Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world's largest tropical wetlands https://t.co/LWhl5Q3rr2