Declining severe fire activity on managed lands in Equatorial Asia
Journal: Communications Earth & Environment
Year: 2022

Abstract Fire activity is declining globally due to intensifying land management, but trends remain uncertain for the humid tropics, particularly Equatorial Asia. Here, we report that rates of fire events deemed severe (≥75 th severity percentile of 2002-2019) and very severe (≥90 th percentile) for Indonesia declined 19-27% and 23-34% over 2002-2019, respectively, controlling for precipitation, where fire-event severity is given by total fire radiative power and duration. The severity of season