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A Wildfire Prediction Based on Fuzzy Inference System for Wireless Sensor Networks [PDF]
, 2011 The study of forest fires has been traditionally considered as an important application due to the inherent danger that this entails. This phenomenon takes place in hostile regions of difficult access and large areas.
Barbancho Concejero, Julio +4 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so‐called human–wildlife conflicts.
P. Acebes +4 more
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Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Wildfire Risks in the U.S. Forest Sector [PDF]
In the US forestry industry, wildfire has always been one of the leading causes of damage. This topic is of growing interest as wildfire has caused huge losses for landowners, residents and governments in recent years.
Chen, Xuan, Goodwin, Barry K.
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Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Growing recognition of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities as stewards of biodiversity has brought to the fore the issues of knowledge and value pluralism in conservation policy and practice. Given their basis in practical and multi‐generational experience, Indigenous and local knowledges are highly relevant to managing human ...
Hanna Pettersson +6 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Managing wildfire risk requires consideration of complex and uncertain scientific evidence as well as trade‐offs between different values and goals. Conflicting perspectives on what values and goals are most important, what ought to be done and what trade‐offs are acceptable complicate those decisions.
Pele J. Cannon, Sarah Clement
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Protected areas represent complex social‐ecological systems that require governance and management approaches that valorise and enhance positive relationships between people and nature. This study analyses the alignment between social and ecological systems to detect the social‐ecological fit of projects focused on biodiversity conservation ...
Elena Andriollo +4 more
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Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Lockdown drills are widely implemented in U.S. public K‐12 schools, yet little is known about their impacts on school employees. This study examines how participation in lockdown drills and emergency response training impact faculty, staff, and administrators' fear of harm (both personal and altruistic) and their perceived risk of a school ...
Jaclyn Schildkraut +2 more
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, 2016 Match, wood, flame. Pyrocultures, settler colonial pyrophobia. Internal combustion. Wildfire. Petrocapitalist immolation. This short photo essay reflects on fire as simultaneously a sensuous phenomenon of everyday life and an entity that, because of both
Sandilands, Catriona
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