Wildfires at la primavera forest, Jalisco, Mexico: an approach to possible causes and consequences
The Flora and fauna Protection Area La Primavera (APFFLP), located in Jalisco, Mexico, presents a forest fire rate which has varied between 0 and 60 incidents per year in the last 15 years, but it has no program for preventing and mitigating the effects, due to the lack of documented information on...
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| Format: | Online |
| Jezik: | eng |
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Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
2014
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| Online pristup: | https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/304 |
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| Sažetak: | The Flora and fauna Protection Area La Primavera (APFFLP), located in Jalisco, Mexico, presents a forest fire rate which has varied between 0 and 60 incidents per year in the last 15 years, but it has no program for preventing and mitigating the effects, due to the lack of documented information on the possible causes and consequences, as well as the processes of change in the coverage that has presented. In this paper, 12 maps were created about burned zones within La Primavera in a time period from 1998 to 2012; with the use of cover and data from fire affected areas and their manipulation through a Geographical Information System (GIS). The forest loss anual rate due to wildfires was 1.31 %. Maps showed that localities which are burned more often were: Los Chorros de Tala, La Lobera, Agua Dulce, La Primavera, Las Tinajas and El Tecuán. Whithin the main causes highlights the agronomic practice of burning crops sugarcane to increase performance during the harvest (zafra) which causes fires in nearby forest areas to places where they are made. Another cause of fires is the fuel accumulation, which combined with environmental conditions of extreme drought and high winds, cause large fires magnitudes. The fires historic trends at APFFLP, during the studied time period, showed an increase in the forest area loss due to fire. It is necessary the risk and prevention maps generation, as well as to promote the correct use of fire at localities and establish mechanisms for decision making on land use. |
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