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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.
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...
The FIRE PARADOX project: towards science-based fire management in Europe
Rego, Francisco; Rigolot, Eric; Fernandes, Paulo
Landscape - wildfire interactions in southern Europe: implications for landscap...
Moreira, Francisco; Viedma, Olga; Arianoutsou, Margarita; Curt, Yhomas; Koutsias, Nikos; Rigolot, Eric; Barbatti, Anna; Corona, Piermaria; Vaz, PedroEvery year approximately half a million hectares of land are burned by wildfires in southern Europe, causing large ecological and socio-economic impacts. Climate and land use changes in the last decades have increased fire risk and danger. In this paper we review the available scientific knowledge on the relationships between landscape and wildfires in the Mediterranean region, with a focus on its application f...