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Through Smoke to Policy: Framing the EU Forest Fire Policy Landscape

Land
The global community is grappling with a significant increase in forest fires’ frequency, size, and intensity, presenting a profound challenge. To complement existing framing literature on forest fires, this paper examines collective frames applied to ...
Filip Aggestam
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Life cycle assessment of biodiesel synthesis from waste cooking oil using bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The development of renewable energy sources is important in order to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Waste cooking oil (WCO) is a promising feedstock for biodiesel production through transesterification. Heterogeneous bifunctional catalysts offer a sustainable alternative to conventional homogeneous bases such ...
Frederick Jit Fook Phang, Jocelyn Ling Hui Jong, Michael Toh Yang Wong, Jiuan Jing Chew, Lusi Ernawati, Diah Agustina Puspitasari, Fuping Li, Yen San Chan, Basil T. Wong, Jaka Sunarso   +9 more
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Weighing Policy Effectiveness Through Recent Forest Fire Status

Fire
Forest fires pose a great threat to the global ecological environment as well as human life and the safety of property. Formulating effective policies for preventing forest fires is not only a scientific concern but also an urgent need for government ...
Guangming Wu, Qichao Yao, Maowei Bai, Lamei Shi, Zhou Wang, Keyan Fang, Futao Guo, Yanyan Pei   +7 more
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Analysis of the flammability of forests in the Orenburg region [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
The article provides information on the dynamics of forest fires in the forestry districts of the Orenburg region, the potential danger to the gas processing and oil production industries of the region, and the impact of fires on forest phytocenoses. The
Simonenkova Victoria, Kalyakina Railya, Simonenkov Vladislav, Anhalt Elena, Sadykov Elver   +4 more
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Operationalizing BioSSbD: A safe‐and‐sustainable‐by‐design framework for biorefineries

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Biorefineries are central to the transition toward a circular bioeconomy; however, their increasing scale and technological heterogeneity, and the integration of biological, chemical, and thermochemical processes introduce complex challenges related to safety, sustainability, and operational reliability. Existing Safe‐and‐Sustainable‐by‐Design
Fernando Ramonet
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of forest fire dangers of the Bryansk region in the zones of radioactive contamination and beyond

Радиационная гигиена
The purpose of the study is to analyze the forest fire dangers of the Bryansk region forests, taking into account their radioactive contamination and potential risks for forestry workers involved in forest fires extinguishing.
A. I. Radin, T. A. Marchenko, A. N. Razdaivodin   +2 more
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Vegetation response to a short interval between high-severity wildfires in a mixed-evergreen forest

, 2009
1 Variations in disturbance regime strongly influence ecosystem structure and function. A prominent form of such variation is when multiple high-severity wildfires occur in rapid succession (i.e. short-interval (SI) severe fires, or ‘re-burns’).
Kauffman, J.B., Fontaine, J.B., Law, B.E., Robinson, W.D., Donato, D.C.   +4 more
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Illegal selective logging and forest fires in the northern Brazilian Amazon [PDF]

, 2019
Illegal selective logging and forest fires occur on a large scale in the northern Brazilian Amazon, contributing to an increase in tree mortality and a reduction in forest carbon stock.
Tiago M. Condé, Condé, Tiago Monteiro, Lima, Adriano José Nogueira, Higuchi, Niro, Lima, Adriano J. N., Adriano J. N. Lima, Condé, Tiago M., Niro Higuchi   +7 more
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Erwin Schrödinger und die Versuchungen der (Wissenschafts‐)Biografik: Vorurteilsgefüge und Mechanismen der Skandalisierung

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Since late 2021, serious allegations have been made against physicist Erwin Schrödinger, ranging from pedophilia to serial sexual abuse. These accusations have significantly tarnished the Nobel Prize winner's public reputation. The ongoing debate has repeatedly raised the question of whether, and to what extent, these grave allegations are justified ...
Magdalena Gronau, Martin Gronau
wiley   +1 more source

Two decades of change in Ghanaian forests [PDF]

, 2012
Understanding the impacts and synergies of the many threats facing tropical forests is a key research challenge. Here, three potential threats are addressed: drought, fire and lianas.
Fauset, Sophie
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