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Perceptions of NRCS Assistance with Prescribed Fires on U.S. Private Lands: A Regionally Stratified Case Study

Fire, 2021
The benefits of prescribed fires are recognized throughout the United States, but the ability to assist with prescribed fire application on private land by government agencies has many possible constraints and challenges.
Ryan Wilbur, Charles Stanley, Kristie A. Maczko, John Derek Scasta   +3 more
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Unraveling the Effect of Fire Seasonality on Fire-Preferred Fuel Types and Dynamics in Alto Minho, Portugal (2000–2018) [PDF]

, 2023
Socio-demographic changes in recent decades and fire policies centered on fire suppression have substantially diminished the ability to maintain low fuel loads at the landscape scale in marginal lands.
Nuno Guiomar, David Barros, Emanuel Oliveira, Paulo M. Fernandes   +3 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
wiley   +1 more source

Mid-Term Effects of Fire on Soil Properties of North-East Mediterranean Ecosystems [PDF]

, 2023
Fire is a fundamental ecological process with a long history on Earth, determining the distribution of vegetation formations across the globe. Fire, however, does not only affect the vegetation but also the soil on which vegetation grows, creating a post-
Peter G. Buckley, George Kefalas, Chalaris, Michail, Michail Chalaris, Mitchley, Jonathan, Panteleimon Xofis, Buckley, Peter G., Kefalas, George, Jonathan Mitchley, Xofis, Panteleimon   +9 more
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Understanding human-fire interactions in tropical forest regions : a case for interdisciplinary research across the natural and social sciences [PDF]

, 2011
Fire in the forested tropics has profound environmental, economic, and social impacts at multiple geographical scales. Causes of tropical fires are widely documented, although research contributions are from many disciplines, and each tends to focus on ...
Carmenta, R., Carmenta, Rachel, Parry, Luke, Jos Barlow, Blackburn, A., Barlow, J., Vermeylen, Saskia, Blackburn, Alan, Barlow, Jos, Rachel Carmenta, Luke Parry, Alan Blackburn, Saskia Vermeylen, Parry, L., Vermeulen, Sonja J.   +14 more
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A review of forest fire and policy response for resilient adaptation under changing climate in the Eastern Himalayan region

Forest Science and Technology, 2021
This review paper presents the extent and magnitude of forest fires and adaptation responses to deepen our understanding of the dynamics of forest fires in the eastern Himalayan region.
Sonam Wangyel Wang, Chul-Hee Lim, Woo-Kyun Lee   +2 more
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A Theoretical Framework to Investigate Interdependency in the Assessment of Fire Resilience [PDF]

, 2023
Communities and ecosystems may be particularly vulnerable to fire hazard. In addition, modern societies are connected with interdependent infrastructures, and the assessment of their resilience to fire may be extremely challenging.
Davide Forcellini
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Exploring Prescribed Fire Severity Effects on Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Taxonomic and Functional Community Composition [PDF]

, 2023
Prescribed fire is a management tool that is frequently used to foster biodiversity. Simultaneously, insects that provide essential ecosystem services are globally declining.
Stephen C. Mason, Vaughn Shirey, Evan S. Waite, Michael R. Gallagher, Nicholas S. Skowronski   +4 more
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Policy narratives in forest fire management

Environmental Research Letters, 2023
As the risk of forest fires increases around the globe, the issues of how to control, suppress, and prevent them are the subjects of growing public and political attention.
Nikola Tietze, Lars Gerhold, Pierre L Ibisch   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Draft Fire Policy

The Ballarat Naturalist, 1987
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +2 more sources