The biochar is a solid carbon-rich, porous material produced by the thermochemical
conversion of a diverse range of biomass feedstocks under an inert atmosphere (ie, in the …

Wastewater treatment may help to reduce water shortages, whilst concurrently recover
energy and nutrients, leading to some of the exploitation of important sources being offset …

The current wildfire policies in European Union countries have not solved the wildfire
problem and probably will not be effective in the future, as all the initiatives focus on …

Metropolitan growth in Europe has resulted in drastic changes of urban forms, socio-spatial
structures and land-use patterns due to sequential processes of urbanization …

Integrated forest management (IFM) can help reconcile critical trade-offs between goals in
forest management, such as nature conservation and biomass production. The challenge of …

Southern European countries rely largely on fire suppression and ignition prevention to
manage a growing wildfire problem. We explored a more wholistic, long-term approach …

The development of comprehensive fire management and risk assessment strategies is of
prominent concern in Southern Europe, due to the expanding scale of wildfire risk. In this …

The increasing occurrence of large and severe fires in Mediterranean forest ecosystems
produces major ecological and socio-economic damage. In this study, we aim to identify the …

Abstract Purposeof Review Paired catchment studies have documented the extent to which
forest harvesting impairs forested watersheds. Adverse effects on stream water quality and …

The goal of this work is to evaluate by a modeling approach the effectiveness of alternative
fuel treatment strategies to reduce potential losses from wildfires in Mediterranean areas …