Sentences with phrase «vegetation fires»

Global vegetation fire emissions typically constitute a third of total releases of carbon dioxide, the main heat - trapping emission, annually (1).

Murdiyarso, D., L. Lebel, A.N. Gintings, S.M.H. Tampubolon, A. Heil, and M. Wasson, 2004: Policy responses to complex environmental problems: Insights from a science - policy activity on transboundary haze from vegetation fires in Southeast Asia.

Vegetation Fire Smoke Emissions and Human Health.

«Biochar is found in soils around the world as a result of vegetation fires and historic soil management practices,» reports the International Biochar Initiative (IBI), a trade group representing the world's burgeoning biochar industry.

Scientists developed global model on the role of human activity and weather on vegetation fires

González - Cabán, A. Vegetation Fires and Global Change: Challenges for Concerted International Action Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)(2013).

Modeling Vegetation Fires and Fire Emissions.

A scientifically - informed cooperative strategy for managing vegetation fires with the climate in mind might help defuse tensions between rich and poor nations tussling over provisions in the draft climate agreement on climate aid and emissions cuts.

ASEAN aside, no formal commitments have been made for international disaster preparedness and responses related to large vegetation fires.

During last year's round of climate treaty talks, in Lima, Peru, a statement issued by the Global Fire Monitoring Center underscored the need to address global vegetation fires in the context of climate change, referring to the work of 58 scientists who evaluated the global state of fire between 1993 and 2014.

Additionally, every year an average of 608 million hectares burn (over 1.5 billion acres)(3) while an estimated annual average of 339,000 people die prematurely from ailments linked to vegetation fire smoke, with 110,000 of those deaths occurring in Southeast Asia.

Worldwide, vegetation fires are showing a trend toward longer burning periods, increased fire severity, larger areas burned and increased (mostly human caused) frequency — with all of these factors contributing to more damaging environmental impacts, higher shares of emissions and increasing socioeconomic costs, including greater threats to human health and security.

Vegetation Fires and Global Change — Challenges for Concerted International Action.