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News Release 14-053
Drought and fire in the Amazon lead to sharp increases in forest tree mortality
Deforestation and fragmentation of forests help create tinderbox conditions
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Grasses in Mato Grosso, Brazil, catch fire regularly near the edges of forests and croplands.
Credit: Michael Coe, WHRC
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Experimental fire burning the understory of a forest between Cerrado and Amazonia, Brazil.
Credit: Paulo Brando
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Advancing fire line in an experimental fire plot in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Credit: Michael Coe, WHRC
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Forest degraded by experimental fires in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Credit: Paulo Brando
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Igniting an experimental fire in the Brazilian forest, using a drip torch.
Credit: Michael Coe, WHRC
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Fire experiment in Mato Grasso, Brazil; tinderbox grasses lie along forests and croplands.
Credit: Michael Coe, WHRC
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