MAPEAMENTO DA SUSCEPTIBILIDADE À INCÊNDIOS FLORESTAIS NA REGIÃO SUL DE MOÇAMBIQUE

Abstract

Forest fires are a recurrent problem that affects Mozambique, worrying society. Human activity is one of the main factors in these occurrences. This research aims to map the areas susceptible to the risk of forest fires in the southern region of Mozambique. For the scope, GIS tools were used in Arcgis, version 10.3. Where, the results show that, in addition to human activity, natural factors such as slope, exposure to solar radiation, slope orientation and vegetation in the region, accelerate the speed of fires, making them an event of large proportions, being that the flatter areas, more to the center of the region, have a greater number of outbreaks, while the more sloping areas, more to the south of the region, have more outbreaks per area. Having concluded that the factors work together to determine the susceptibility to the risk of forest fire occurrence in the southern region of Mozambique.