Abstract

Climate change and unsustainable land-use practices are causing megafires in South America. Here we call for rigorous scientific coordination and global cooperation to claim back landscape planning, mitigate fire risk and foster resilience in the region.

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Title
Landscape management is urgently needed to address the rise of megafires in South America
Author
Armenteras, Dolors 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; de la Barrera, Francisco 2 

1  Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (GRID:grid.10689.36) (ISNI:0000 0004 9129 0751) 
2  Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile (GRID:grid.5380.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 2298 9663) 
Pages
305
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Dec 2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
26624435
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00964-6
ProQuest document ID
2859997882
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.