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Barriers to Indigenous Fire Stewardship on Karuk Lands [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
As climate change drives more frequent and intense wildfires, the revitalization of Indigenous fire stewardship grows increasingly urgent. This paper examines the Karuk Tribe's experiences with settler colonialism and their efforts to restore cultural ...
Caitlyn Cruz, Kathy McCovey, Gregory Russell, Dominique David‐Chavez, Lindsey Schneider, Courtney Schultz   +5 more
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Plant Responses to a Re‐emergence of Cultural Burning in Long‐Unburnt, Threatened Temperate Woodlands [PDF]

Global Change Biology
David B. Lindenmayer, Elle J Bowd
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The right to burn: barriers and opportunities for Indigenous-led fire stewardship in Canada

FACETS, 2022
Indigenous fire stewardship enhances ecosystem diversity, assists with the management of complex resources, and reduces wildfire risk by lessening fuel loads.
Kira M. Hoffman, Amy Cardinal Christianson, Sarah Dickson-Hoyle, Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz, William Nikolakis, David A. Diabo, Robin McLeod, Herman J. Michell, Abdullah Al Mamun, Alex Zahara, Nicholas Mauro, Joe Gilchrist, Russell Myers Ross, Lori D. Daniels   +13 more
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Catastrophic Bushfires, Indigenous Fire Knowledge and Reframing Science in Southeast Australia

Fire, 2021
The catastrophic 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires were the worst fire season in the recorded history of Southeast Australia. These bushfires were one of several recent global conflagrations across landscapes that are homelands of Indigenous peoples ...
Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Anthony Romano, Simon Connor, Michela Mariani, Shira Yoshi Maezumi   +4 more
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Reconnecting Fire Culture of Aboriginal Communities with Contemporary Wildfire Risk Management

Fire, 2023
This paper aims to provide a better understanding of the transition towards a new paradigm of wildfire risk management in Victoria that incorporates Aboriginal fire knowledge. We show the suitability of cultural burning in the transformed landscapes, and
Amos Atkinson, Cristina Montiel-Molina
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Investigating the Effect of Oxidants on the Quantification and Characterization of Charcoal in Two Southeast Australian Sedimentary Records

Fire, 2023
This study examined the effects of commonly used oxidants in sedimentary macroscopic charcoal analysis on two sediment cores from Thirlmere Lakes National Park, Southeast Australia.
Mark Constantine IV, Xiaohong Zhu, Haidee Cadd, Scott Mooney   +3 more
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Examining abiotic and biotic factors influencing specimen black oaks (Quercus kelloggii) in northern California to reimplement traditional ecological knowledge and promote ecosystem resilience post-wildfire

Ecology and Society, 2022
California black oak, Quercus kelloggii, plays an important role in the lifeways of many Indigenous tribes throughout California. Native peoples tend black oaks using traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) to encourage the development and proliferation ...
Cory J. O'Gorman, Lisa Patrick. Bentley, Clint McKay, Margaret Purser, Kylie M. Everly   +4 more
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Expert knowledge, collaborative concepts, and universal nature: naming the place of Indigenous knowledge within a public-sector cultural burning program

Ecology and Society, 2023
Investigates whether a cultural burning program embedded within a government bureaucracy can meaningfully support Indigenous peoples’ landscape fires.
Jessica K. Weir
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Fire Occurrence in Hemi-Boreal Forests: Exploring Natural and Cultural Scots Pine Fire Regimes Using Dendrochronology in Lithuania

Land, 2022
Fire is an important natural disturbance and a driver of hemi-boreal forest successional trajectories, structural complexity, and biodiversity. Understanding the historic fire regime is an important step towards sustainable forest management. Focusing on
Michael Manton, Charles Ruffner, Gintautas Kibirkštis, Gediminas Brazaitis, Vitas Marozas, Rūtilė Pukienė, Ekaterina Makrickiene, Per Angelstam   +7 more
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Exploration of the Burning Question: A Long History of Fire in Eastern Australia with and without People

Fire, 2023
Ethnographic observations suggest that Indigenous peoples employed a distinct regime of frequent, low-intensity fires in the Australian landscape in the past. However, the timing of this behaviour and its ecological impact remain uncertain.
Mark Constantine, Alan N. Williams, Alexander Francke, Haidee Cadd, Matt Forbes, Tim J. Cohen, Xiaohong Zhu, Scott D. Mooney   +7 more
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