GEOPROCESSING APPLIED TO RISK ASSESSMENT OF FOREST FIRES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BODOQUENA, MATO GROSSO DO SUL
ABSTRACT Forest fires are a permanent threat in urban-forest interface areas and cause considerable environmental damage, especially in protected areas. An efficient way to assist decision-making to prevent an increase in forest fires is risk assessment using geographical information systems (GIS)....
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Sociedade de Investigações Florestais
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Series: | Revista Árvore |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-67622016000601003&lng=en&tlng=en |