Perspectives on integrated fire management in brazilian policies
Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2020 The aim of this paper is to present a methodology for Integrated Fire Management (IFM) seeking prevention, control and suppression of forest fires in Conservation Units with integral protection in Minas Gerais through the proposition of a pilot-project in State Park of Serra do Rola Moça.
Oliveira, Leonardo Debossan +1 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Optimizing Wildfire Prevention through the Integration of Prescribed Burning into ‘Fire-Smart’ Land-Use Policies [PDF]
, 2023 Integrating fire into land management is crucial in fire-prone regions. To evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of prescribed fire (PF), we employed the REMAINS model in NW Iberia’s Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Gerês-Xurés.
Adrián Regos +4 more
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[News Clip: Fire inspectors] [PDF]
, 1958 Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas fire inspectors being briefed on Dallas' fire chief's new "get tough policy" on fire code ...
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Using unplanned fires to help suppressing future large fires in Mediterranean forests. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Despite the huge resources invested in fire suppression, the impact of wildfires has considerably increased across the Mediterranean region since the second half of the 20th century.
Adrián Regos +4 more
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Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
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Volatile Oil in Pinus yunnanensis Potentially Contributes to Extreme Fire Behavior [PDF]
, 2023 Volatile oils in forest fuel can significantly affect forest fire behavior, especially extreme fire behavior, e.g., deflagration, fire storms, blowups, eruptive fires and crown fires.
Feng Chen +3 more
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How policy interventions influence burning to meet cultural and small-scale livelihood objectives
Ecology and SocietyFire has cultural and economic significance for Indigenous and rural peoples worldwide, being used to manage landscapes for activities such as hunting, gathering, cropping, and forestry, and for ceremonial and spiritual purposes.
Cathy Smith +12 more
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Review article: Fire emissions in the Brazilian Cerrado – dynamics, estimates, management, and their role in the global carbon budget [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System SciencesEstimating fire emissions in the Brazilian Cerrado requires integrating fire parameters, mitigation strategies, and policies. Despite the Cerrado's significant contribution to global fire emissions, research in this area is still overlooked when compared
R. M. da Veiga +6 more
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Evolution of Physical Intelligence Across Scales
Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.By following the evolution of physical intelligence across scales, this article shows how intelligence arises from materials, structures, physical interactions, and collectives. It establishes physical intelligence as the evolutionary foundation upon which embodied intelligence is built.
Ke Liu +7 more
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