Embedding local values in Payments for Ecosystem Services for transformative change

LL Bremer, S Nelson, S Jackson… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The potential for Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs to integrate nature's
diverse values into decision-making, and thereby support broader transformative change, is …

Opportunities and challenges for savanna burning emissions abatement in southern Africa

J Russell-Smith, C Yates, R Vernooij, T Eames… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Savanna fires occurring in sub-Saharan Africa account for over 60% of global fire extent, of
which more than half occurs in the Southern Hemisphere contributing~ 29% of global fire …

Biodiversity needs every tool in the box: use OECMs

GG Gurney, ES Darling, GN Ahmadia, VN Agostini… - 2021 - nature.com
Global support is growing for the 30× 30 movement—a goal to conserve 30% of the planet
by 2030. In May, the G7 group of wealthy nations endorsed the commitment to this target that …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of climate and socioeconomic changes on fire carbon emissions in the future: Sustainable economic development might decrease future emissions

CY Park, K Takahashi, F Li, J Takakura… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fires and their associated carbon and air pollutant emissions have a broad range of
environmental and societal impacts, including negative effects on human health, damage to …

Indigenous knowledge and seasonal calendar inform adaptive savanna burning in northern Australia

M McKemey, E Ens, YM Rangers, O Costello, N Reid - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Indigenous fire management is experiencing a resurgence worldwide. Northern Australia is
the world leader in Indigenous savanna burning, delivering social, cultural, environmental …

Transforming fire management in northern Australia through successful implementation of savanna burning emissions reductions projects

A Edwards, R Archer, P De Bruyn, J Evans… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Savannas are the most fire-prone of Earth's biomes and currently account for most global
burned area and associated carbon emissions. In Australia, over recent decades substantial …

Savanna fire management can generate enough carbon revenue to help restore Africa's rangelands and fill protected area funding gaps

TH Tear, NH Wolff, GJ Lipsett-Moore, ME Ritchie… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Many savanna-dependent species in Africa including large herbivores and apex predators
are at increasing risk of extinction. Achieving effective management of protected areas (PAs) …

Unveiling the factors responsible for Australia's Black Summer fires of 2019/2020

N Levin, M Yebra, S Phinn - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
The summer season of 2019–2020 has been named Australia's Black Summer because of
the large forest fires that burnt for months in southeast Australia, affecting millions of …

Long-unburnt habitat is critical for the conservation of threatened vertebrates across Australia

B von Takach, CJ Jolly, KM Dixon, CE Penton… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Context Increases in fire frequency, intensity and extent are occurring globally. Relative to
historical, Indigenous managed conditions, contemporary landscapes are often …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the value of ecosystem services delivered by prescribed fire management in Australian tropical savannas

KK Sangha, J Evans, A Edwards, J Russell-Smith… - Ecosystem Services, 2021 - Elsevier
The savannas of tropical northern Australia, covering 1.9 M km 2, are relatively unmodified
and support a very sparse human population (0.5 person/km 2). Largely marginalised and …