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DOI	10.1038/s41893-022-00884-x
	Elevated fires during COVID-19 lockdown and the vulnerability of protected areas
	Eklund, Johanna; Jones, Julia P. G.; Rasanen, Matti; Geldmann, Jonas; Jokinen, Ari-Pekka; Pellegrini, Adam; Rakotobe, Domoina; Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy; Toivonen, Tuuli; Balmford, Andrew
发表日期	2022
ISSN	2398-9629
起始页码	603
结束页码	609
卷号	5 期号:7 页码:7
英文摘要	There is little robust, quantitative information on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the extinction crisis. Focusing on Madagascar, one of the world's most threatened biodiversity hotspots, we explore whether the cessation of on-site protected-area management activities due to the pandemic were associated with increased burning inside protected areas. We identify monthly excess fire anomalies by comparing observed fires with those predicted on the basis of historical and contemporary fire and weather data for all of Madagascar's protected areas for every month 2012-2020. Through to 2019, excess fire anomalies in protected areas were few, short in duration and, in some years, coincident with social disruption linked to national elections. By contrast, in 2020, COVID-19 meant on-site management of Madagascar's protected areas was suspended from March to July. This period was associated with 76-248% more fires than predicted, after which burning returned to normal. At a time when international biodiversity conservation faces unprecedented challenges, our results highlight the importance of on-site management for maintaining protected-area integrity. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected a range of human activities, but its effect on land management is less clear. This study finds an increase in fires inside Madagascar's protected areas during periods when management stopped due to COVID-19 lockdowns.
学科领域	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS记录号	WOS:000791083000003
来源期刊	NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/272898
作者单位	University of Helsinki; Bangor University; University of Helsinki; University of Copenhagen; University of Cambridge; University Antananarivo; University System of Ohio; Ohio University; University Antananarivo; University of Cambridge
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Eklund, Johanna,Jones, Julia P. G.,Rasanen, Matti,et al. Elevated fires during COVID-19 lockdown and the vulnerability of protected areas[J],2022,5(7):7.
APA	Eklund, Johanna.,Jones, Julia P. G..,Rasanen, Matti.,Geldmann, Jonas.,Jokinen, Ari-Pekka.,...&Balmford, Andrew.(2022).Elevated fires during COVID-19 lockdown and the vulnerability of protected areas.NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,5(7),7.
MLA	Eklund, Johanna,et al."Elevated fires during COVID-19 lockdown and the vulnerability of protected areas".NATURE SUSTAINABILITY 5.7(2022):7.