The health impacts and economic losses estimates are not homogeneously gathered for the entire Amazon basin countries, but some recent evidence associated with this knowledge gap shows the magnitude of the forest fire impacts, as well as where they spatially occur and who are the most affected by it. Fires associated with deforestation in the Amazon have been related to 1065-4714 deaths annually in South America . The recent fires in the Amazon basin are directly affecting 24 million Amazonians with the worst impacts felt by children and the elderly , Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities . Children under 5 years old and the elderly in rural areas are respectively 11 and 22 times more affected by the smoke from fire outbreaks and temperature increase in the Amazon .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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