MAP-FIRE: Plan de adaptación multiactor para hacer frente a los bosques bajo riesgo creciente de incendios

The MAP-FIRE project focuses on the 'MAP region' (Madre de Dios in Peru, Acre in Brazil, and Pando in Bolivia) to address increasing vulnerability to droughts and wildfires. The project found that drought-induced fire emissions are often excluded from national carbon inventories and that gross emissions from wildfires can exceed 50% of primary forest deforestation during drought years. In Acre, Brazil, economic losses from forest fires between 2008 and 2012 were estimated at US$ 307.46 ± 85.41 million, representing 9.07 ± 2.46% of the state's GDP. To mitigate these risks, the project co-developed monitoring platforms for fire occurrence and air quality, which have since influenced the installation of air quality sensor networks across all Brazilian Amazonian states and informed a new project in the Pantanal region. The initiative also produced 10 technical reports and 34 collaborative events to integrate fire risk knowledge into school curricula and decision-making processes.

• Wildfires in the Amazon threaten the wellbeing of approximately 25 million inhabitants and hinder progress toward the seven goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
• Carbon emissions from drought-induced fires that are not related to direct land conversion are typically omitted from national carbon emission inventories in the region.
• During drought years, estimated gross emissions from wildfires alone can account for more than 50% of primary forest deforestation.
• In the state of Acre, Brazil, forest fires caused an estimated economic loss of US$ 307.46 ± 85.41 million between 2008 and 2012, which is equivalent to 9.07 ± 2.46% of the state's GDP.
• The project's monitoring platforms for fire and air quality, operational since 2020, led to the installation of air quality sensor networks in all Brazilian Amazonian states and provided a basis for a new project in the Pantanal region.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). MAP-FIRE: Plan de adaptación multiactor para hacer frente a los bosques bajo riesgo creciente de incendios. https://iai.int/pdf/es/ProjectBrief_016_es_merged.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. MAP-FIRE: Plan de adaptación multiactor para hacer frente a los bosques bajo riesgo creciente de incendios. n.d. https://iai.int/pdf/es/ProjectBrief_016_es_merged.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndmapfire, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{MAP-FIRE: Plan de adaptación multiactor para hacer frente a los bosques bajo riesgo creciente de incendios}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://iai.int/pdf/es/ProjectBrief_016_es_merged.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }