Mapping Fire: The Case of Matopiba
dc.contributor.author | Ramos , Dernival | |
dc.contributor.author | Aguiar, Vinicius Gomes de | |
dc.contributor.author | Kantamaneni, Komali | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Brazil | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-01T14:43:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-01T14:43:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-02-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ramos Júnior, D.V.; Aguiar, V.G. de and Kantamaneni, K. (2023) 'Mapping Fire: The Case of Matopiba', IDS Bulletin 54.1: 107–26, DOI: 10.19088/1968-2023.108 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1759-5436 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17851 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article examines fire as a political tool to advance the expansion of the agricultural frontier in Brazil and proposes a methodology for working with affected communities to protect their territories. Historically, fire has been used by communities as a traditional resource management strategy. However, it has also been associated with environmental degradation and agribusiness expansion. Our analysis focuses on the territories of black rural communities in Matopiba and shows how territorial conflict is now shifting to the productive spaces of these communities, indicating a politicisation of these spaces and implications for the regional agri-food system. Using satellite imagery and participatory methods, the authors worked with community members and activists to create an integrated map documenting and assessing the extent of fires in the area. The methodology developed can support the protection of areas and communities in other parts of this region and help gather evidence that can be used in court cases and support whistleblowing to the authorities. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Newton Fund Researcher Links Workshops grant, ID 2019-RLWK11-10177 | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa do Distrito Federal (FAPDF), Brazil | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | British Council | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | UK Economic and Social Research Council, ID ES/R00658X/1 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | IDS Bulletin;54.1 | |
dc.rights | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited and any modifications or adaptations are indicated. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Agriculture | en |
dc.subject | Environment | en |
dc.subject | Politics and Power | en |
dc.subject | Rights | en |
dc.subject | Rural Development | en |
dc.subject | Security and Conflict | en |
dc.subject | Technology | en |
dc.title | Mapping Fire: The Case of Matopiba | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.identifier.team | Rural Futures | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.19088/1968-2023.108 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-02-06 | |
rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.19088/1968-2023.108 | en |
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