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Fires in Amazonia: No Accident. More fires are coming soon.




TekijätFerreira-Aulu Marianna B., Zuquim Gabriela

KustantajaTulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskus, Turun yliopisto

KustannuspaikkaTurku, Finland

Julkaisuvuosi2019

JournalTulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen blogi

Numero26.9.2019

Verkko-osoitehttps://ffrc.wordpress.com/2019/09/26/fires-in-amazonia/


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Intense forest fires in Amazonia made the headlines in August 2019. For those who study the region, this environmental crisis came as no surprise. The fires are the result of a long-term obliviousness of national governments towards the environment, intensified by the weakening of Brazilian environmental agencies (IBAMA and ICMBio) and the relaxation of surveillance actions and fines for environmental crimes.



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