Integrated Fire Management: Preliminary results and trends in Federal Protected Areas Camila S. Silva¹*, Sarah C. C. Fontoura¹, Marcello B. O. Silva¹, Christian Berlinck¹ 1. Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation *Correspondence to: [email protected] Introduction OBJECTIVE • To report the outcomes of the Integrated Fire Management (IFM) in Federal Protected Areas (PAs). USE OF FIRE Research & Monitoring Communication Environmental Information Fire management: Prevention, suppression and use of fire Fire culture: Needs and socioeconomic impacts Integrated Fire Management (IFM) Fire ecology: Main fire ecological attributes First steps 2012 Cerrado-Jalapão project 2013 1º Seminar about IFM (ACADEBio) 2014 First prescribed burns in Serra Geral de Tocantins Ecological Station and Chapada das Mesas National Park 1º International exchange about IFM (AUS) 2017 International Seminar about IFM (BSB) 53 Plans of IFM received 2018 200 Plans of IFM received 2019 Exchanges of IFM (X-fire): Serra Geral de Tocantins Ecological Station, Campos Amazônicos National Park, Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (international) Consequences Image 1. Fuel Load Map in Serra da Canastra National Park in 2018. Source: DMIF/ICMBio. Image 2. Dynamic in field during the Update of managers and specialist of fire in 2018. Source: Christian Berlinck/ICMBio. • Knowlegde exchange o The development of techniques such as the Fuel Load Mapping o Training cycles (about 2.500 people/year) • Lei 13.668, de 28 de maio de 2018 o About the brigade hiring by Ibama and ICMBio. o Possibility of extend of contracts (6 months and/or 2 years + 1) • Reduction of the burned areas by wildfire (AAI) in some PAs • Serra da Canastra National Park (51%) – authorization of controlled burns • Campos Amazônicos National Park (90%) 0 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 5.000 6.000 7.000 0 10.000 20.000 30.000 40.000 50.000 60.000 70.000 80.000 90.000 100.000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019* Burns (ha) AAI (ha) Serra da Canastra National Park AAI Queima Prescrita Queima Autorizada 0 5.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000 30.000 35.000 0 50.000 100.000 150.000 200.000 250.000 300.000 350.000 400.000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019* Queima Prescrita (ha) AAI (ha) Campos Amazônicos National Park AAI Queima Prescrita FN Image 3. Burned áreas by wildfire, prescribed burn (green) and authorized burns (blue) and natural fire management (gray) in the Protected Areas cited. Christian Berlinck/ICMBio José Eugênio Côrtes Figueira/UFMG Aurelice Vasconcelos Thiago Sá/Governo do TO