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Bjorn, my good friend @GuidovanderWerf (coauthor ) says that such total figures can be misleading because most of the decline is savannas turned into agriculture. Guido, is that correct?https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg/status/1350800308381896705 …

Yes, I hope I made that point right in your quoted tweet: decline mostly from more people and more agriculture But also, media gives people impression of ever more fire in world. And that is factually wrong

Thanks Marcel. The downward trend in global burned area is a very solid finding as Bjorn says. This is indeed driven by declining savanna fires and whether that decline is good or bad depends on your perspective. Please keep in mind that a savanna "needs" to burn every few years

That decline is accompanied by an increase in forest fires. They are becoming more frequent, more intense, and occur in new places. Clearly there is more to this than only climate change. However, there is a risk in downplaying this if you only look at global totals

For more information on this please see the video below, starting at 38.00 (but a lot of cool science before and after) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5M6xDqUVwk&t=2020s …