During February and March 1998, accidental fires raged out of control in parts of the northern Amazon state of Roraima, a consequence of a pronounced drought brought on by El Nino combined with normal burning used by the local population to clear agriculture fields and pastures. The Brazilian government requested the support of the World Bank and other donors to help prepare an Emergency Fire prevention and Control project for the Amazon's deforestation belt.
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Lisansky, Judith Sprissler, Loretta
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Document Date
1998/01/01
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Document Type
Newsletter
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Report Number
18624
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Volume No
1
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1
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Disclosure Date
2012/11/12
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Queimadas na Amazonia provocam projeto de emergencia
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Keywords
Rain forest conservation; Rain forest ecology; Indigenous population; Natural resource management; Extractive reserve; Natural resource policy; Pilot program stage; Advisory groups; Fire; Deforestation,,
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Lisansky, Judith Sprissler, Loretta
Amazon wildfires trigger emergency project : Queimadas na Amazonia provocam projeto de emergencia (Portuguese). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/864131468017468324/Queimadas-na-Amazonia-provocam-projeto-de-emergencia