Fig. 2: Spatial distribution of fire anomalies in the Brazilian Amazon.
From: Emergency policies are not enough to resolve Amazonia’s fire crises
Monthly fire count deviation from expected (sum of difference between observed and expected fire) for deforestation (a, b, c, d), pasture (e, f, g, h) and forest fires (i, j, k, l) during the 8 weeks preceding 2019 fire ban (a, e, i), during the 2019 fire ban (b, f, j), during the 2020 fire ban (c, g, k) and during the 2021 fire ban (d, h, l), adjusted according to each period’s length and per 100,000 ha. The geographic boundaries represent ‘immediate regions’ determined by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
