Fig. 1: Number of active fires for an area of mesic savanna in West Africa covering portions of Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast with 750–1000 mm precipitation detected by MODIS over 15 years9.
From: On the problems and promises of savanna fire regime change
Note the high degree of regularity with a large number of fires lit early (prior to the government’s early fire cut-off of January 1). The recently documented decrease in fire is also apparent24.
