[HTML][HTML] Understanding Brazil's catastrophic fires: Causes, consequences and policy needed to prevent future tragedies

VR Pivello, I Vieira, AV Christianini, DB Ribeiro… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brazil has experienced unprecedented wildfires in the last decade. Images of immense
burnt areas or dead animals that failed to escape the 2020 wildfires have shocked the world …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the distribution pattern of Chinese Ziziphus jujuba under climate change based on optimized biomod2 and MaxEnt models

G Zhao, X Cui, J Sun, T Li, QI Wang, X Ye, B Fan - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Ziziphus jujuba has high ecological and economic value and is widely distributed in
northern China. Reconstructing the historical geographic distribution patterns of Z. jujuba …

Assembling the climate story: use of storyline approaches in climate‐related science

E Baulenas, G Versteeg, M Terrado, J Mindlin… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Storylines are introduced in climate science to provide unity of discourse, integrate the
physical and socioeconomic components of phenomena, and make climate evolution more …

Towards an integrated approach to wildfire risk assessment: when, where, what and how may the landscapes burn

E Chuvieco, M Yebra, S Martino, K Thonicke… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a review of concepts related to wildfire risk assessment, including the
determination of fire ignition and propagation (fire danger), the extent to which fire may …

Targeted policy proposals for managing spontaneous forest expansion in the Mediterranean

E Varela, F Pulido, G Moreno… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent forest expansion in Euro‐Mediterranean countries predominantly results from
secondary succession in abandoned farmland, rather than from artificial afforestation. This …

[HTML][HTML] Fire-smart solutions for sustainable wildfire risk prevention: Bottom-up initiatives meet top-down policies under EU green deal

D Ascoli, E Plana, SD Oggioni, A Tomao… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fuel management for wildfire risk prevention generally lacks economic sustainability. In
marginal areas of southern Europe, this limits fuel treatment programs from reaching the …

Analysis of spatial and temporal variations in ecosystem service functions and drivers in Anxi county based on the InVEST model

W Li, J Geng, J Bao, W Lin, Z Wu, S Fan - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Exploring the spatial and temporal evolution patterns of regional ecosystem
service functions and their main drivers can provide effective support for formulating regional …

[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 …

Spatial patterns and intensity of land abandonment drive wildfire hazard and likelihood in Mediterranean agropastoral areas

M Salis, L Del Giudice, R Jahdi, F Alcasena-Urdiroz… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
In Mediterranean agropastoral areas, land abandonment is a key driver of wildfire risk as
fuel load and continuity increase. To gain insights into the potential impacts of land …

Nature-based solutions to wildfires in rural landscapes of Southern Europe: let's be fire-smart!

A Regos, S Pais, JC Campos… - International journal of …, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Extreme wildfires are expected to increase in Southern Europe, due to climate change and
rural abandonment. Fire management is focused on suppression, which accelerates the …