Fire Management in Veredas (Palm Swamps): New Perspectives on Traditional Farming Systems in Jalapão, Brazil

Borge, Sílvia Laine; Eloy, Ludivine; Schmidt, Isabel Belloni; Barradas, Ana Carolina Sena; Santos, Ivanilton Almeida dos

doi:10.1590/1809-4422asoc20150020r1v1932016

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“…Legally (Law 9985/2000), agreements can regulate the uses of strictly PAs by local inhabitants until a permanent solution is found. The main local economic activities are swidden agriculture, extensive cattle raising utilizing native vegetation, extractivism and tourism (Borges et al., ; Schmidt et al., ). All these activities, except tourism, involve the use of different types of fire.…”

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“…The IFM pilot programme started in three PAs: Chapada das Mesas National Park (CMNP), Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station (SGTES) and Jalapão State Park (JSP) (Figure 1 and Table 1) (Borges et al, 2016;Schmidt et al, 2007). All these activities, except tourism, involve the use of different types of F I G U R E 1 Cerrado protected areas (PAs) where pilot Integrated Fire Management programme was carried out from 2014 to 2016 fire.…”

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“…Local communities regularly use fire to manage Cerrado landscapes for swidden cultivation (Borges, Eloy, Schmidt, Barradas, & Santos, ), plant harvesting (Schmidt, Figueiredo, & Scariot, ), hunting and cattle raising (Mistry, Bilbao, & Berardi, ), creating seasonal mosaic burning patterns that could prevent the propagation of large wildfires L. Eloy, I. B. Schmidt, A. Duverger, C. Fernandes, S. L. B. Lúcio, & M. C. Ferreira, unpublished data), as described in other tropical savannas (Mistry et al., ; Russell‐Smith et al., ).…”

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Fire management in the Brazilian savanna: First steps and the way forward

Schmidt

Moura

Ferreira

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Journal of Applied Ecology

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Several decades of frustrated attempts to prevent fires in the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado) have led to deleterious ecological and management consequences. In 2014, the first Integrated Fire Management (IFM) programme was launched in three protected areas (PAs). The IFM programme considers local practices, ecological information, management options and aims to create landscape mosaics of different fire histories to conserve biodiversity, reduce the prevalence of late‐dry season (LDS) wildfires, protect fire‐sensitive vegetation and reduce conflicts between PA managers and local communities. The first 3 years of imposed fire management regimes led to 40%–57% reduction in LDS fires, improved dialogue between researchers, managers and local communities, generating fire management learning communities. Synthesis and applications. This Integrated Fire Management programme represents a major advance in Cerrado management and conservation, by actively managing fires and decreasing the proportion of areas burnt by late‐dry season wildfires. It can contribute to PAs’ management in the Cerrado and other South American fire‐prone ecosystems. Long‐term monitoring and research are essential to understand the ecological implications and to improve fire management practices.

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Fire management in the Brazilian savanna: First steps and the way forward

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“…Other priorities for sustainable development of the Cerrado of Amapá should include implementation of sustainable management practices, including appropriate management of the fire regime (Borges et al 2016), soil conservation measures (Hudson 1995) and reduced pesticide and herbicide usage (Grovermann et al 2017). Mechanisms should also be put in place to protect the many freshwater springs that originate in, or feed into, the Cerrado of Amapá.…”

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Biodiversity, threats and conservation challenges in the Cerrado of Amapá, an Amazonian savanna

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Carvalho²,

Hilário³

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An Amazonian savanna in northern Brazil known as the Cerrado of Amapá is under imminent threat from poor land-use planning, the expansion of large-scale agriculture and other anthropogenic pressures. These savannas house a rich and unique flora and fauna, including endemic plants and animals. However, the area remains under-sampled for most taxa, and better sampling may uncover new species. We estimate that only ~9.16% of these habitats have any kind of protection, and legislative changes threaten to further weaken or remove this protection. Here we present the status of knowledge concerning the biodiversity of the Cerrado of Amapá, its conservation status, and the main threats to the conservation of this Amazonian savanna. To secure the future of these unique and imperilled habitats, we suggest urgent expansion of protected areas, as well as measures that would promote less-damaging land uses to support the local population.

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“…Ruhland (Eriocaulaceae), locally known as "golden grass", are the main economic activities [43]. Fire is largely used in cattle ranching and subsistence farming as a management tool, and to stimulate golden-grass flowering, much used in the region in craftsmanship of its floral stems [44,45]. The interaction between dry vegetation, high temperatures, and land-use management, results in out of control fires, reaching fire-sensitive areas like forests and wetlands [46].…”

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Fire Recurrence and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Dynamics in Brazilian Savanna

Santana

2018

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Fire is one of the main modeling agents of savanna ecosystems, affecting their distribution, physiognomy and species diversity. Changes in the natural fire regime on savannas cause disturbances in the structural characteristics of vegetation. Theses disturbances can be effectively monitored by time series of remote sensing data in different terrestrial ecosystems such as savannas. This study used trend analysis in NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)-MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) time series to evaluate the influence of different fire recurrences on vegetation phenology of the Brazilian savanna in the period from 2001 to 2016. The trend analysis indicated several factors responsible for changes in vegetation: (a) The absence of fire in savanna phytophysiognomies causes a constant increase in MODIS-NDVI, ranging from 0.001 to 0.002 per year, the moderate presence of fire in these areas does not cause significant changes, while the high recurrence results in decreases of MODIS-NDVI, ranging from −0.002 to −0.008 per year; (b) Forest areas showed a high decrease in NDVI, reaching up to −0.009 MODIS-NDVI per year, but not related to fire recurrence, indicating the high degradation of these phytophysiognomies; (c) Changes in vegetation are highly connected to the protection status of the area, such as areas of integral protection or sustainable use, and consequently their conservation status. Areas with greater vegetation conservation had more than 70% of positive changes in pixels with significant tendencies. Absence or presence of fire are the main agents of vegetation change in areas with lower anthropic influence. These results reinforce the need for a suitable fire management policy for the different types of Cerrado phytophysiognomies, in addition to highlighting the efficiency of remote sensing time series for evaluation of vegetation phenology.

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Fire Management in Veredas (Palm Swamps): New Perspectives on Traditional Farming Systems in Jalapão, Brazil

Cited by 18 publications

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Fire management in the Brazilian savanna: First steps and the way forward

Fire management in the Brazilian savanna: First steps and the way forward

Biodiversity, threats and conservation challenges in the Cerrado of Amapá, an Amazonian savanna

Fire Recurrence and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Dynamics in Brazilian Savanna

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