RELATOS DE EXPERIÊNCIAS DOS PROJETOS DE PESQUISA MAP-FIRE E ACRE-QUEIMADAS: DIAGNÓSTICO E PERSPECTIVAS DE MITIGAÇÃO ENVOLVENDO A SOCIEDADE PARA REDUÇÃO DO RISCO E DE IMPACTOS ASSOCIADOS A INCÊNDIOS FLORESTAIS

Abstract

This experience report brings a brief review of publications by the MAP-FIRE and Acre-Queimadas Research projects, which comprise papers and technical reports on the impacts of forest fires in the Amazon. The MAP region (Madre de Dios - Peru, Acre - Brazil and Pando-Bolivia) is focussed. Uncontrolled fires have socioeconomic and environmental impacts, and their occurrence has been increasing in recent years, being intensified during years of extreme droughts of surveillance softening. The latter possibility occurred in 2019, when the area burned in the State of Acre increased in 80% compared to the previous year, impacting the air quality for more than 30 days in some municipalities. In order to understand how to prevent and mitigate the consequences of such events, governance must be diagnosed, involving local communities. These, once included in the formulation of plans to monitor, mitigate and combat fires will have their vulnerability decreased and their capacity for self-protection increased. For this, the science-society exchange is essential. We invite the interested reader to get in touch with the authors.