Fires shape the Amazon savannah

• Autores: Colin Barras
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3028, 2015, pág. 9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Conservationists say that fires started by the indigenous Pemon people have destroyed the forests that should naturally blanket the area, and that fires should be banned. Others argue that the savannah has existed for millennia and that the fires conserve this natural landscape. Both could be wrong. New research shows that human fires did help shape the landscape, but only after a portion had already become savannah. Some think that burning land could even help protect the remaining forest