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Attribution of the role of climate change in the forest fires in Sweden 2018

open access: yes, 2019
. In this study we analyse the role of climate change in the forest fires that raged through large parts of Sweden in the summer of 2018 from a meteorological perspective.
F. Krikken   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Top‐Down Fabricated Wood‐Derived Pressure and Strain Sensors: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on wood‐derived pressure/strain sensors fabricated via top‐down strategies. It analyzes wood's structural composition, examines processing techniques, discusses sensor types and sensing mechanisms, and reviews existing research. The article concludes with future directions for enhancing performance and scalability.
Yi Ren   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forest fire in Thailand: Spatio-temporal distribution and future risk assessment

open access: yesNatural Hazards Research
Understanding the spatiotemporal distribution of forest fires and future predictions is very important for management strategies. To identify the present status of forest fires in the Kingdom of Thailand and their risk in the future, ten-year forest fire
Nazimur Rahman Talukdar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

EDUCATION OF LOCAL WISDOM TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES IN RIAU PROVINCE: CHALLENGES, POTENTIALS, AND SOLUTIONS

open access: yesSosial Budaya, 2017
Forest fires are one of the most frequent environmental problems in Riau province, which often comes in large scale; thus, they cause forest degradation that damages economic, ecological and social aspects.
Rian Vebrianto, Zarkasih Zarkasih
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Costs of Government-Sponsored Agrarian Settlements in Brazilian Amazonia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Brazil has presided over the most comprehensive agrarian reform frontier colonization program on Earth, in which ~1.2 million settlers have been translocated by successive governments since the 1970's, mostly into forested hinterlands of Brazilian ...
A Brandão Jr   +54 more
core   +2 more sources

Ecosystem‐Centered Robot Design: Toward Ecoresorbable Sustainability Robots (ESRs)

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Robots exploring natural ecosystems can support monitoring and conservation, but must adopt ecosystem‐centered design to avoid pollution, waste, and damage. This review proposes guidelines for co‐designing ecoresorbable sustainability robots (ESRs), uniting materials, robotics, and ecological contexts in a single framework.
Tülin Yılmaz Nayır   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling the Roles of Climate Variables in Forest Fire Occurrences in China

open access: yesRemote Sensing
In the context of global warming, climate strongly affects forest fires. With long-term and strict fire prevention policies, China has become a unique test arena for comprehending the role of climatic variables in affecting forest fires.
Chenqin Lian   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Les causes des incendies de forets : enquête aupres des bergers dans la Wilaya de Tizi Ouzou (Algérie) [PDF]

open access: yesCinq Continents, 2019
The causes of forest fires: survey of shepherds in the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou (Algeria). The Department of Tizi Ouzou is very affected by forest fires, with an annual average of 175 fires and 3,092 ha of areas burned (period 1986-2017). The rate of unknown
Ouahiba SAHAR   +2 more
doaj  

Fire problem, distribution of fires and factors effecting fires in Muğla-Fethiye forests

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Forestry, 2015
This study was conducted in order to an overall evaluation, occurred between 1950-2010 years in the forests of Fethiye Directorate of Forest Enterprise and the range of the fires, and ecological factors which affecting the fires between 2000-2010.
Serdar Göktepe, Mustafa Avcı
doaj   +1 more source

Forest fires occurrences and burned area in mainland Portugal: preliminary assessment to a fifteen years period [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Portugal, as well as the Mediterranean basin, is favorable to the occurrence of forest fires. In this work a statistical analysis was carried out based on the official information, considering the forest fires occurrences and the corresponding burned ...
Castro, Ana Meira   +5 more
core  

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