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Lloret, Francisco; Calvo, E; Pons, Xavier; Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo

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“…The ratio ␤ anthropogenic ͞␤ lightning Ͼ 1 in the eastern third of the conterminous U.S. suggests a potential influence of human activity on the relative scaling of wildfire-burned areas, because these areas are more populated. It has been suggested (20) that increased landscape heterogeneity decreases disturbance (e.g., wildfire) spread. Historic anthropogenic forest clearance, resulting in forests fragmented by agricultural and urban land cover, has increased the heterogeneity of eastern landscapes (40).…”

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“…With implications for hazard management, climate studies, and ecosystem research, there is, therefore, significant interest in appropriate analysis of historical wildfire databases. Insightful studies using wildfire database statistics exist (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24) but are often hampered by the low spatial and͞or temporal resolution of their data sets. Here, we use a high-resolution database of wildfires for the conterminous United States (U.S.), combined with techniques drawn from recent advances in statistical physics and complexity theory, to examine U.S. wildfire statistics in a spatially and temporally explicit manner.…”

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Characterizing wildfire regimes in the United States

Malamud

Millington

Perry

2005

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Wildfires also have a significant impact on climate and ecosystems; recently, several researchers (3-7) have emphasized the need for regional-level examinations of wildfire-regime dynamics and change, and the factors driving them. With implications for hazard management, climate studies, and ecosystem research, there is, therefore, significant interest in appropriate analysis of historical wildfire databases. Insightful studies using wildfire database statistics exist (5-24) but are often hampered by the low spatial and͞or temporal resolution of their data sets.

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Characterizing wildfire regimes in the United States

Malamud

Millington

Perry

2005

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…This results in vegetation consisting of scrub (Mermoz et al 2005, Pardo & Gil 2005. Several authors found that the main causes of forest fires are socioeconomic in nature (Vázquez & Moreno 2001, Lloret et al 2002. MareyPérez & Rodríguez-Vicente (2008) included conflicts resulting from communal management and ownership as the main causes in this region.…”

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Does higher owner participation increase conflicts over common land? An analysis of communal forests in Galicia (Spain)

Pérez¹,

Díaz-Varela²,

Calvo-González³

2015

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© iForest -Biogeosciences and Forestry IntroductionIn a modern sense, public participation in devising forest management is voluntary. Within public participation processes, people, individually or in organized groups, can exchange information, express opinions and articulate interests with the aim of influencing the final result in decision making (ILO 2000, Aasetre 2006, Atmis et al. 2007. It is both an opportunity and a need for today's society, as it is a useful tool to avoid conflicts, share information and encourage good relations with the planning team (Hellström 2001, Kangas & Store 2003, Santos et al. 2006, Janse & Konijnendijk 2007, Hiltunen et al. 2009, Cantiani 2012. Public participation contributes to democratization through the reinforcement of transparency in decision making: it increases plurality of aims, encourages mutual learning and increases the awareness of collective responsibility for natural resource management questions (Elsasser 2002, Kangas et al. 2010, Lennox et al. 2011).According to Ostrom & Nagendra (2006), sustainable governance of natural resources is a challenging task, in which "major debates occur over what types of policy interventions best protect forests, with choices of property and land tenure systems being central issues" and natural resource management can be approached from different views. There are regional differences in practical approaches to biodiversity conflict management because the social, political and economic characteristics of a culture influence the type of conflicts and the response to them (Hellström 2001). In this context, conflicts are confrontations between opposing values and objectives of the stakeholders in the sustainable management of natural resources (Bojórquez-Tapia et al. 2004), often caused by different perceptions of the initial situation of the resources discussed (Gritten et al. 2009). Following Skutsch (2000, conflicts over biodiversity should be regarded as inherent in social participation, reinforcing the ideas of Hellström (2001), which are seen as an important part of the decisionmaking process on how to use the natural resources.Conflicts usually have negative effects on forest management (Druckman 2005). However, the key to understanding and to the new social demands in forest areas (Hellström 2001) lies in the nature of conflicts. Many authors have analyzed conflicts in forest areas (Elands et al. 2004, Maskey et al. 2006, Djamhuri 2008, Schlueter 2008. White et al. (2009) developed a new and innovative framework aimed at improving the conceptual understanding of biodiversity conflicts. This method is based on the analysis of ecological, economic and social factors that affect the behavior of the biodiversity actors responsible for the conflict. This system is useful in developing strategic models to improve the understanding of general conflict dynamics.The aim of the study is to classify in groups the parishes with communal forest land of the Montes Vecinales en Mano Común (MVMC), to analyze the different management levels an...

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“…Similar climates are found in Spain, Portugal, Greece, France and Italy. Human influence has a high impact on initiation and spread of forest fires (Le Houérou, 1987;Leone et al, 2002;Lloret et al, 2002;Koutsias et al, 2005).…”

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Quantitative analysis of forest fire extinction efficiency

Soto

Silva

2015

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Aim of study: Evaluate the economic extinction efficiency of forest fires, based on the study of fire combat undertaken by aerial and terrestrial means.Area of study, materials and methods: Approximately 112,000 hectares in Chile. Records of 5,876 forest fires that occurred between 1998 and 2009 were analyzed. The area further provides a validation sector for results, by incorporating databases for the years 2010 and 2012. The criteria used for measuring extinction efficiency were economic value of forestry resources, Contraction Factor analysis and definition of the extinction costs function.Main results: It is possible to establish a relationship between burnt area, extinction costs and economic losses. The method proposed may be used and adapted to other fire situations, requiring unit costs for aerial and terrestrial operations, economic value of the property to be protected and speed attributes of fire spread in free advance.Research highlights: The determination of extinction efficiency in containment works of forest fires and potential projection of losses, different types of plant fuel and local conditions favoring the spread of fire broaden the admissible ranges of a, φ and Ce considerably.

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Characterizing wildfire regimes in the United States

Characterizing wildfire regimes in the United States

Does higher owner participation increase conflicts over common land? An analysis of communal forests in Galicia (Spain)

Quantitative analysis of forest fire extinction efficiency

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