Fire risk mitigation underpins durable Nature-based Climate Solutions in the Amazon
Fire-conditioned degradation now rivals deforestation as an independent source of carbon loss across Amazonia. We argue that fire and degradation are first-order risks to Nature-based solutions and must be embedded explicitly in monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV), as well as crediting and jurisdictional finance. Fire-conditioned degradation now rivals deforestation as an independent source of carbon loss across Amazonia. This Comment argues that fire and degradation are first-order risks to Nature-based solutions and must be embedded explicitly in monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV), as well as crediting and jurisdictional finance.
Authors
- Manoj Hari
- Liana O. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9545-5136)
- Paulo Eduardo Artaxo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7754-3036)
- Luiz E. O. C. Aragão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4134-6708)
- Ane Alencar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-7469)
- Carlos A. Nobre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5808-8784)
- Celso H. L. Silva-Junior
- Sassan S. Saatchi
Institutions
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Amazon Research Foundation (BR)
- Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (BR)
- Ecosystem Sciences (AU)
- Universidade Federal do Maranhão (BR)
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Earth & Environment
- Published
- 2026-06-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03765-9
- Primary Topic
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00