{"id":1919,"date":"2023-11-17T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/uncategorized\/serfor-more-than-70-of-forest-fires-have-occurred-in-the-peruvian-amazon\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T23:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:40:19","slug":"serfor-more-than-70-of-forest-fires-have-occurred-in-the-peruvian-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fcds.org.pe\/en\/news\/serfor-more-than-70-of-forest-fires-have-occurred-in-the-peruvian-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Serfor: More than 70% of forest fires have occurred in the Peruvian Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The number of alerts in Amazon regions has increased by 111.6 % compared to 2022, due to the increase in agricultural burning and climate change.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Around 87 native communities have been affected by forest fires, mainly in the regions of Ucayali, Madre de Dios and San Martin.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lima, November 17, 2023<\/strong>. So far this year, 2,880 fire alerts have been registered nationwide, of which more than 70% have occurred in the Peruvian Amazon, according to information provided by the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (Serfor) to the United for Forests initiative of the Foundation for Conservation and Sustainable Development (FCDS Peru).   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serfor&#8217;s figures show that, taking the Amazon basin as a limit, a total of 2044 alerts occurred in Amazon regions, as well as in its bordering areas with other regions (jungle belt areas). Mainly in the departments of Ucayali (532), Loreto (367), Hu\u00e1nuco (223) and Madre de Dios (221).   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romina Liza Contreras, a specialist in forest fire monitoring at Serfor, explained that up to the first week of November, forest fire alerts have increased by 111.6% in the Peruvian Amazon compared to the previous year, due to the increase in agricultural burns and the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;However, this past year, due to the effects of climate change, we have had less rainfall and higher temperatures, which causes the vegetation to dry out and the fires to get out of control,&#8221; said the specialist.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that, according to the statistical information provided to Unidos por los Bosques, there will be an increase in the number of forest fires in the Amazon starting in 2019, with 217 alerts; in 2020, 524; in 2021, 632; in 2022, 966; and so far this year, 2044.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"0\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The impact of wildfires and the Global Child<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, around 87 native communities have been affected by forest fires in the regions of Ucayali, Madre de Dios, San Martin, as well as in the jungle areas of Cusco and Puno. According to the Serfor specialist, the local populations are the most affected because the fire damages their forests and, with it, the products and services they provide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With forest fires we basically lose the forest: it provides you with products such as wood, food, medicines; and services such as water availability, climate regulation, soil preservation. In addition, the generation of economic activities such as tourism is lost,&#8221; explained Liza Contreras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the arrival of the Global El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon, the Serfor specialist predicts that it will have a drastic influence on the increase of forest fires, due to the high temperatures, the absence of rain and the speed of the winds. Therefore, he asked regional and local governments to raise awareness among the population to avoid agricultural burning in order to protect the Amazon forests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;From Serfor we believe that it is very important the action of local and regional governments in raising awareness of farmers and communities, due to the exacerbation of forest fires that has occurred in recent years and because of what is expected from the Global Child. It is very important for us to reach this awareness, not only to avoid the loss of more forests, but also to avoid the loss of human lives&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lima, November 17, 2023. 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