A framework for developing safe and effective large-fire response in a new fire management paradigm
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.08.039
Abstract: Abstract The impacts of wildfires have increased in recent decades because of historical forest and fire management, a rapidly changing climate, and an increasingly populated wildland urban interface. This increasingly complex fire environment highlights the… read more here.
Keywords: decision; fire management; response; management ... See more keywords
Prescribed burning in south-eastern Australia: history and future directions
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DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2020.1739883
Abstract: ABSTRACT Fire has been part of the natural environment of south-eastern Australia for tens of millions of years. Aboriginal people used fire selectively, with skill, for many reasons. The removal of Aboriginal people from most… read more here.
Keywords: fire management; prescribed burning; eastern australia; south eastern ... See more keywords
Carbon accounting and savanna fire management
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DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2016.1220633
Abstract: the perennial discussion about ‘exceptional circumstances’. Is, and if so, when is drought exceptional? Is a severe drought best dealt with as a natural disaster? Or is drought better understood and managed as an anticipated… read more here.
Keywords: carbon accounting; fire management; management carbon; accounting savanna ... See more keywords
Better biodiversity accounting is needed to prevent bioperversity and maximize co‐benefits from savanna burning
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DOI: 10.1111/conl.12685
Abstract: Strategies for mitigating climate change through altered land management practices can provide win-win outcomes for the environment and the economy. Emissions trading for greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement in Australia's remote, fire-prone, and sparsely populated tropical… read more here.
Keywords: fire management; accounting; management; biodiversity ... See more keywords
Indigenous fire management and cross-scale fire-climate relationships in the Southwest United States from 1500 to 1900 CE.
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq3221
Abstract: Prior research suggests that Indigenous fire management buffers climate influences on wildfires, but it is unclear whether these benefits accrue across geographic scales. We use a network of 4824 fire-scarred trees in Southwest United States… read more here.
Keywords: fire climate; fire; fire management; climate relationships ... See more keywords
Spatial Modelling of Fire Drivers in Urban-Forest Ecosystems in China
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DOI: 10.3390/f8060180
Abstract: Fires in urban-forest ecosystems (UFEs) are frequent with complex causes, posing a serious hazard to human lives and infrastructure. Thus, quantifying wildfire risks in UFEs and their spatial pattern is quintessential to develop appropriate fire… read more here.
Keywords: fire management; modelling fire; urban forest; forest ecosystems ... See more keywords