MAAP #110: Major Finding – Many Brazilian Amazon Fires follow 2019 Deforestation
In MAAP #109 we reported a major finding critical to understanding this year’s fires in the Brazilian Amazon: many of the 2019 fires followed 2019 deforestation events. Here, we present our more comprehensive estimate: 125,000 hectares (310,000 acres) deforested in…
MAAP #109: Fires and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, 2019
The fires in the Brazilian Amazon have been the subject of intense global attention over the past month. As part of our ongoing coverage, we go a step further and analyze the relationship between fire and deforestation in 2019. First,…
MAAP #108: Understanding the Amazon Fires with Satellites, part 2
Here we present an updated analysis on the Amazon fires, as part of our ongoing coverage and building off what we reported in MAAP #107. First, we show an updated Base Map of the “fire hotspots” across the Amazon, based…
MAAP #107: Seeing the Amazon Fires with Satellites
Fires now burning in the Amazon, particularly Brazil and Bolivia, have become headline news and a viral topic on social media. Yet little information exists on the impact on the Amazon rainforest itself, as many of the detected fires originate…
MAAP Interactive: Deforestation Drivers in the Andean Amazon
Since its launch in April 2015, MAAP has published over 70 reports related to deforestation (and natural forest loss) in the Andean Amazon. We have thus far focused on Peru, with several reports in Colombia and Brazil as well. These…
MAAP #62: Fire, Rain, and Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
In 2016, Peru experienced an intense forest fire season (MAAP #52, MAAP #53). A leading hypothesis was that intense drought facilitated the escape of agricultural burns. To investigate, this report analyzes the dynamic between fires and precipitation over the past…
MAAP SYNTHESIS #2: PATTERNS AND DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON
We present our second synthesis report, building off our first report published in September 2015. This synthesis is largely based on the 50 MAAP reports published between April 2015 and November 2016. The objective is to synthesize all the information…
MAAP #53: Wildfire Hotspots in the Peruvian Amazon in 2016
During 2016, Peru experienced an intense wildfire season, exacerbated by widespread drought conditions across the country. The base map (Image 53, to the left) shows the 2016Â fire alert hotspots. These alerts are generated from a moderate-resolution (375 meters) satellite…
MAAP #52: Update – Fires Degrade 11 Protected Areas in northern Peru
In the previous MAAP #51, we gave an initial impact assesment regarding the recent wave of fires in protected areas in northern Peru. Here, we provide a more comprehensive update. Our revised estimate is 6,594 acres (2,668 hectares) burned in …
MAAP #51: Fires degrade 7 Protected Areas in northern Peru
Peru’s intense 2016 fire season continues, most recently hitting the northern part of the country. As seen in this map on the left, during November 2016 the highest concentration of fire alerts (as detected by the VIIRS satellite sensor) were…