Indigenous people in the Amazon Basin are twice as likely to die prematurely from wildfire smoke exposure than the broader South American population. Approximately 12,000 premature deaths occur annually due to smoke from wildfires, with about 230 in Indigenous territories. A new study, published
Amazon landscape overtaken by wildfire with a strong blaze in the center and a smoke-filled sky. A recent study in the journal Environmental Research: Health has found that Indigenous people in the Amazon Basin are twice as likely to die prematurely from smoke exposure due to wildfires compared to the broader South American population. Credit: IOP Publishing
The results show that smoke from wildfires in South America accounts for approximately 12,000 premature deaths every year from 2014 to 2019, with approximately 230 of these deaths occurring in Indigenous territories. Exposure to harmful smoke particles is found to be much higher during the Amazonian dry season, from July to November each year, when wildfires more than double the increase in PMDr.
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