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Fire Service Policy Theory for Establishing Fire Science [PDF]

The Journal of the Korea Contents Association, 2010
In Korea, about 80 academic departments related to fire science are in operation throughout the country, but fire science is not included as a branch science in the science classification system acknowledged by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and its position as a science is not solid yet.
Sang-Il Ryu, Jae-Eun Lee
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Monitoring Effect of Fire on Ant Assemblages in Brazilian Rupestrian Grasslands: Contrasting Effects on Ground and Arboreal Fauna

Insects, 2017
Fire is one of the most relevant ecological disturbances in nature. Little is known about the effects of fire on biodiversity in ecosystems like rupestrian grasslands, which share characteristics with savanna and forest biomes.
Diego Anjos, Ricardo Campos, Renata Campos, Sérvio Ribeiro   +3 more
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Ancient Fires and Indigenous Knowledge Inform Fire Policies

Eos, 2019
Global Paleofire Working Group 2: Diverse Knowledge Systems for Fire Policy and Biodiversity Conservation; Egham, United Kingdom, 4–9 September ...
Adolf, Carole, Hawthorne, Donna, Colombaroli, Daniele   +2 more
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The provision of fire services in rural areas [PDF]

, 2005
Fire services have been neglected in discussions of public service provision in rural areas. The way in which they are provided has a broader significance in terms of current debates about risk management.
Audit Commission, Bain, Sir G., Basnett, N., Blackstone, G.V., Entec, Fire Service College, HM Fire Service Inspectorate, HM Fire Service Inspectorate, HM Fire Service Inspectorate for Scotland, Home Office, Home Office, Maclean, D., Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Power, M., Public Record Office, Royal Commission, Wyn Grant   +16 more
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Examining fire-prone forest landscapes as coupled human and natural systems

Ecology and Society, 2014
Fire-prone landscapes are not well studied as coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) and present many challenges for understanding and promoting adaptive behaviors and institutions.
Thomas A. Spies, Eric M. White, Jeffrey D. Kline, A. Paige. Fischer, Alan Ager, John Bailey, John Bolte, Jennifer Koch, Emily Platt, Christine S. Olsen, Derric Jacobs, Bruce Shindler, Michelle M. Steen-Adams, Roger Hammer   +13 more
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How changing fire management policies affect fire seasonality and livelihoods

Ambio, 2020
There is a long history of fire management in African savannas, but knowledge of historical and current use of fire is scarce in savanna-woodland biomes. This study explores past and present fire management practices and perceptions of the Khwe (former hunter-gatherers) and Mbukushu (agropastoralists) communities as well as government and non ...
Glynis Joy Humphrey, Lindsey Gillson, Gina Ziervogel   +2 more
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Prevention, control and monitoring of fires in the Brazilian cerrado

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2020
The Brazilian Cerrado covers 24% of the national territory. It is home of a diversity of phytophysiognomies that shelters about 5% of the world's biodiversity.
Lara Steil, Luciana de Oliveira Rosa Machado, Mariana Senra de Oliveira, Aline Freire de Miranda Cavalcante   +3 more
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Multi-stakeholder analysis of fire risk reduction in a densely populated area in the Netherlands: a case-study in the Veluwe area

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
Reducing the climate change-induced risk of uncontrollable fires in landscapes under nature management, with severe impacts on landscape and society, is particularly urgent in densely-populated and fragmented areas.
Evelien de Hoop, Hilde J H Brouwers, Sophie L Buijs, Linde Egberts, Max J van Gerrevink, Marleen C de Ruiter, Sander Veraverbeke   +6 more
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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Seasonal changes in the human alteration of fire regimes beyond the climate forcing

Environmental Research Letters, 2017
Human activities have altered fire regimes for millennia by suppressing or enhancing natural fire activity. However, whether these anthropogenic pressures on fire activity have exceeded and will surpass climate forcing still remains uncertain.
Thibaut Fréjaville, Thomas Curt
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