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Prescribed burning in the European Mediterranean Basin
Fernandes, Paulo; Rossa, Carlos; Madrigal, Javier; Rigolot, Eric; Ascoli, Davide; Hernando, Carmen; Guiomar, Nuno; Guijarro, MercedesOnly Portugal, Spain, France and Italy are considered in this chapter, because prescribed burning is not practiced elsewhere in southern Europe, despite the late 1960s pioneering experimentation of Liacos (1974) in Greece.
Drivers of wildland fire behaviour variation across the Earth
Fernandes, Paulo M.; Sil, Angelo; Ascoli, Davide; Cruz, Miguel G.; Alexander, Martin E.; Rossa, Carlos G.; Baeza, Jaime; Burrows, Neil; Davies, G. MattMade available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T11:47:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-01-01; Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT); European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through COMPETE 2020 - Operational Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI); Fire behaviour characteristics define the impacts on society and the environment. While wildland fire science has expande...
Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed
Moreira, Francisco; Ascoli, Davide; Safford, Hugh; Adams, Mark A.; Moreno, José M.; Cardoso Pereira, José Miguel; Catry, Filipe; Armest, JuanDuring the last decades, climate and land use changes led to an increased prevalence ofmegafires in Mediterranean-type climate regions (MCRs).Here, we argue that current wildfire management policies in MCRs are destined to fail.Focused on fire suppression, these policies largely ignore ongoing climate warming and landscape-scale buildup of fuels.The result is a ‘firefighting trap’ that contributes to ongoing fu...