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Impacts of climate change on land management and wildland fire smoke in the Southeastern United States

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters
Although prescribed fire is frequently used in the Southeastern United States, land managers in the region and across the country plan to expand burning to mitigate wildfire and achieve other ecological goals.
Megan M Johnson   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

PRIOR REGULATION AND POST LIABILITY AS COMPLEMENTS: AN APPLICATION TO PRESCRIBED BURNING LAW IN THE UNITED STATES [PDF]

open access: yes
Prescribed burning is increasingly being recognized as a useful land management and conservation tool, but with it comes the risk of fire and smoke damage to the property of others.
Engle, David   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
wiley   +1 more source

A global assemblage of regional prescribed burn records — GlobalRx [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Data
Abstract Prescribed burning (RxB) is a land management tool used widely for reducing wildfire hazard, restoring biodiversity, and managing natural resources. However, RxB can only be carried out safely and effectively under certain seasonal or weather conditions.
Hsu, Alice   +46 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Sustaining the teaching profession: Innovating the ‘golden thread’ in university‐led teacher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the implications of England's ‘golden thread’ policy framework for teacher education, which describes a state‐mandated, linear model of professional learning from initial teacher training and education through to continuing professional development.
Amanda Nuttall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fire intensities and surface temperatures during prescribed burning.

open access: yesSilva Fennica, 1985
Surface temperature during two prescribed burnings were measured in 1983 in Evo, Southern Finland. Surface temperatures in relation to the amount of slash burned, energy released during the fires, and the fire intensities were studied. The fire intensity
Vasander, Harri, Lindholm, Tapio
doaj   +1 more source

‘These reforms have teeth’: The affective dimensions of teacher education policy enactment

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The affective dimensions of education policy enactment have often received less attention in the research literature, especially regarding teacher education policy. This article reports on a study of the affective responses of university‐based teacher educators in England to the significant initial teacher education reforms of 2019–2022: the ...
Ian Cushing, Viv Ellis
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of land use, restoration, and climate change on tropical peat carbon stocks in the 21st century: Implications for climate mitigation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The climate mitigation potential of tropical peatlands has gained increased attention as Southeast Asian peatlands are being deforested, drained and burned at very high rates, causing globally significant carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to the atmosphere.
Dai, Zhaohua   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Spatial metrics in fire ecology: seeking consistency amidst complexity

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological advances, including remote sensing, have led to a proliferation of metrics used in ecological studies to examine spatial patterns of fire regimes and their ecological effects. Researchers can use many different metrics to analyse spatial variation in both fire events and resulting fire regimes, including fire size, shape ...
Alexander R. Carey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescribed Burning in Greece: Monitoring of Water Potential, Fireline Intensity, Soil and Plant Biodiversity in Mediterranean Ecosystems

open access: yesDiversity
Mediterranean ecosystems are highly susceptible to wildfires, and shifts in fire patterns pose a threat to biodiversity, soil stability, and overall ecosystem health resilience.
Alexandra D. Solomou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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