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Smoke Impacts from Agricultural Burning in a Rural Brazilian Town
Agricultural and silvicultural biomass burning is practiced in many undeveloped portions of the Amazon basin. In Rondônia, Brazil, such burning is restricted to a brief period in the dry season of August and September to minimize the duration of air quality impacts and to attempt to control escaped fires. During this period, much of the region and the communities within it experience significant exposure to smoke from agricultural and forest fires. In cooperation with Brazilian scientists of the University of Brasilia, the Brazilian Organization for Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA), and the Alternative to Slash and Burn Program coordinated by the International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), ambient air quality was measured in Theobroma, a small town in Rondônia, during one week of the open burning period of 1995 to supplement available air quality data and to foster public awareness of the impacts of widespread fires.
Smoke Impacts from Agricultural Burning in a Rural Brazilian Town
Agricultural and silvicultural biomass burning is practiced in many undeveloped portions of the Amazon basin. In Rondônia, Brazil, such burning is restricted to a brief period in the dry season of August and September to minimize the duration of air quality impacts and to attempt to control escaped fires. During this period, much of the region and the communities within it experience significant exposure to smoke from agricultural and forest fires. In cooperation with Brazilian scientists of the University of Brasilia, the Brazilian Organization for Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA), and the Alternative to Slash and Burn Program coordinated by the International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), ambient air quality was measured in Theobroma, a small town in Rondônia, during one week of the open burning period of 1995 to supplement available air quality data and to foster public awareness of the impacts of widespread fires.
Smoke Impacts from Agricultural Burning in a Rural Brazilian Town
Reinhardt, Timothy E. (author) / Ottmar, Roger D. (author) / Castilla, Carlos (author)
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association ; 51 ; 443-450
2001-03-01
8 pages
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