May 27, 2024

Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin

Nature, Published online: 01 September 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02320-0

Analysis of the ranges of nearly 15,000 plant and vertebrate species in the Amazon basin reveals that, from 2001 to 2019, a majority were affected by fire. Drought and forest policy were the best predictors of fire outcomes.

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