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Call for Papers for open call N° 71, July 2026, semi-thematic

 

Global changes and their effects on the earth system: climate and the cryosphere

 

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Analysis of the environmental impacts caused by fires in the state California from 1999 to 2017

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  • João Vitaliano de Carvalho Rocha Faculdade Integrada de Pernambuco, Brasil
No. 55 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5370.2018.48539
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Abstract

The primary objetive of this research has been the study of the multiple fires that have affected the State of California over the last decade. California is a region where collage the largest leading agricultural production and conservatio, military areas, wildlife reserves, cooperative plans for the conservation and development of wildlife and wildlife managed by the Navy. The Google tool was used has a search engine to obtaine the data througth articles and sites, as well as images obtained by remote sensing. It was noted that even today, a large number of fires in California are not justified by scientists in the agencies responsible for their extincion. The larger number of fires in California over the last decades an unprecedented destruction of homes and commercial establishments; areas of agriculture, livestock, leisure and recreation completely characterizing the region, despite the fact that so much wood extraction is common.

Keywords:

Forest Fire , California , Environmental Impacts
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Vitaliano de Carvalho Rocha, J. (2018). Analysis of the environmental impacts caused by fires in the state California from 1999 to 2017. Investigaciones Geográficas, (55), 147–163. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5370.2018.48539
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