USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES TO ANALYSE THE FACTORS CONTROLLING FOREST FIRES IN THE EASTERN AMAZON

HASAN, Ali Fadhil; Osis, Reinis; Blanc, Lilian; Laurent, Francois; Messner, Francois

doi:10.33899/mja.2026.166052.1763

	USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES TO ANALYSE THE FACTORS CONTROLLING FOREST FIRES IN THE EASTERN AMAZON
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture
Article 2, Volume 54, Issue 1, March 2026, Pages 16-27 PDF (542.5 K)
Document Type: Research
DOI: 10.33899/mja.2026.166052.1763
Authors
Ali Fadhil HASAN^* ¹; Reinis Osis²; Lilian Blanc³; francois laurent⁴; Francois Messner⁵
¹College of Education for Humanities Sciences, Al-Muthanna University, Iraq
²Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas Gerais (IFNMG) Brazil
³CIRAD, UR Forests and Societies, 34398 Montpellier, France
⁴UMR ESO (Space and Society), Le Mans university
⁵UMR ESO (Space and Society), Le Mans university, France
Abstract
Different factors linked to the human activities of the territory can have an impact on the degradation of the forest, like the size of the properties and the proximity of roads, towns, and villages. They determine forestry and agricultural practices, accessibility (for the exploitation of ligneous resources in forestry), and the diffusion of fire phenomena. In this article, we will be interested in the spatial convergence of indicators on the distribution of forest fires at the scale of Paragominas municipality (Eastern Brazil). The spatial analysis will lead us to evaluate the role of explanatory factors in the distribution of fires at the municipal level. whether the size of agricultural or forest properties, distance to paved roads, and distance to towns and villages matter in forest fire activities.
Keywords
Forest degradation; Forest fires; Spatial analysis; Brazilian Amazon

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