Overall Green Forest fire alert in Burkina Faso from 13 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC to 16 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (5807 ha) in Burkina Faso 13 Mar 2023

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Combatting Forest Fires in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso

2023-03-17T19:53+0100reliefWeb (en)

By Tung Nguyen Huy, Guigonan Serge Adjognon, and Daan van Soest. Abstract. Forest fires are among the main drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses remote sensing data on forest fires and remaining tree cover to estimate the effectiveness....

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