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Forest fires: Evaluation of government intervention measures [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between government measures, volunteer participation, climate variables and forest fires. A number of studies have related forest fires to causes of ignition, to fire history in one area, to the type ...
Clara Riba, Xavier Ballart
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Dialogic teaching has been shown to be beneficial for students' learning and achievement. However, few studies have investigated how dialogic teaching may foster students' creative thinking in the classroom. This study examined the sequential patterns of classroom dialogue associated with students' creative thinking.
Yang Tao, Deliang Wang, Gaowei Chen
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Ecological IndicatorsForest fuels are the material basis of forest fires and the main factor in the spread of fires. The current global warming has led to an increase in the effective fuel load in the global boreal forests, and the long-term implementation of the fire ...
Tongxin Hu +5 more
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Lecture IV. Conditions in Fire Policies [PDF]
Transactions of the Actuarial Society of Edinburgh, 1896 The law of fire insurance depends on the two fundamental principles, that a fire policy is a contract of indemnity, and that, in its usual form, it is a personal contract. In the present lecture I propose only to deal with the conditions in fire policies which express or modify these principles.The first principle, that fire insurance is a contract of ...
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An Economic Analysis of Bushfires Management Programs [PDF]
Allocating scare resources for fire management strategies requires information on the extent of economic losses from bushfires and the efficiency of alternatives.
Ganewatta, Gaminda +2 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people in the United States (and beyond) access spaces for activism in varied ways, including the out‐of‐school time sector, where youth activism (YA) groups draw on informal learning pedagogies to engage young people in collective action.
Laura Weiner
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The spread of non‐native species
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock +16 more
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Optimal management of a flammable forest providing timber and carbon sequestration benefits: an Australian case study [PDF]
In deciding to keep or fell a forest stand given its age, the risk of loss of timber through wildfire is an important consideration. If trees also have value from sequestration of carbon, another effect of fire is the unplanned loss of stored carbon ...
Kennedy, John O.S. +2 more
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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