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Conservation of Earth’s biodiversity is embedded in Indigenous fire stewardship [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
Significance Large and severe wildfires are becoming increasingly common worldwide and are having extraordinary impacts on people and the species and ecosystems on which they depend. Indigenous peoples comprise only 5% of the world’s population but protect approximately 85% of the world’s biodiversity through stewardship of Indigenous-managed
Kira M Hoffman, Sara B Wickham, Kyle Schang   +2 more
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The right to burn: barriers and opportunities for Indigenous-led fire stewardship in Canada

FACETS, 2022
Indigenous fire stewardship enhances ecosystem diversity, assists with the management of complex resources, and reduces wildfire risk by lessening fuel loads.
Kira M. Hoffman, Amy Cardinal Christianson, Sarah Dickson-Hoyle, Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz, William Nikolakis, David A. Diabo, Robin McLeod, Herman J. Michell, Abdullah Al Mamun, Alex Zahara, Nicholas Mauro, Joe Gilchrist, Russell Myers Ross, Lori D. Daniels   +13 more
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Indigenous fire stewardship shaped North American Great Lakes forests [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Interest in bringing Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Western Science together to enhance climate and landscape resilience is growing rapidly, particularly for engagement with pyrogenic communities around the world. For these systems, Indigenous Knowledge offers unique insights that reflect millennia of intimate engagement with local ...
Evan R Larson, Melonee Montano, Lane Johnson   +2 more
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Pre-contact Indigenous fire stewardship: a research framework and application to a Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest

Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology
Fire is a key disturbance process that shapes the structure and function of montane temperate rainforest in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). Recent research is revealing more frequent historical fire activity in the western central Cascades than expected by ...
Michael R. Coughlan, James D. Johnston, Kelly M. Derr, David G. Lewis, Bart R. Johnson   +4 more
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The Kananaskis Wildfire Charter: a good start [PDF]

Nature Communications
The Kananaskis Wildfire Charter marks an important step toward addressing increasingly extreme wildfires. Attending to complex drivers, supporting Indigenous and local fire stewardship, and shifting toward integrated fire management will help ensure ...
Kapil Yadav, Abigail Croker, Adriana Ford, William Hayes, Yiannis Kountouris, James Millington, Jayalaxshmi Mistry, Monika Moreu Vicente, Ol Perkins, Kate Schreckenberg, Cathy Smith, Maximilian Stiefel, Michel Valette   +12 more
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Barriers to Indigenous Fire Stewardship on Karuk Lands [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
As climate change drives more frequent and intense wildfires, the revitalization of Indigenous fire stewardship grows increasingly urgent. This paper examines the Karuk Tribe's experiences with settler colonialism and their efforts to restore cultural ...
Caitlyn Cruz, Kathy McCovey, Gregory Russell, Dominique David‐Chavez, Lindsey Schneider, Courtney Schultz   +5 more
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Are Carbon Credits Important for Indigenous Fire Stewardship? Insights from British Columbia

Fire
Indigenous Fire Stewardship (IFS) has long been practiced by Indigenous Peoples to care for the land, reduce wildfire risk, and maintain ecological and cultural values.
Philippe Ambeault, William Nikolakis, Russel Myers Ross   +2 more
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Indigenous Fire Data Sovereignty: Applying Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles to Fire Research

Fire
Indigenous Peoples have been stewarding lands with fire for ecosystem improvement since time immemorial. These stewardship practices are part and parcel of the ways in which Indigenous Peoples have long recorded and protected knowledge through our ...
Melinda M. Adams
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A tale of two fire systems: indigenous fire stewardship in British Columbia and California

Fire Ecology
Abstract Background An increasing wildfire problem in western North America has created a policy space for Indigenous fire stewardship (IFS) to mitigate wildfire. We compare how British Columbia and California have supported IFS—two jurisdictions with distinct ecosystems but similar histories of colonialism and its ...
Don L. Hankins, Scott L Stephens
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Tree rings reveal persistent Western Apache (Ndee) fire stewardship and niche construction in the American Southwest [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Christopher I Roos, Melinda M. Adams, Kiyomi Morino   +2 more
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