Understanding fire regimes in Europe

Galizia, Luiz Felipe; Curt, Thomas; Barbero, Renaud; Rodrígues, Marcos

doi:10.1071/wf21081

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“…GlobFire provides information beyond the burned area MODIS product, such as the perimeter and spatial extent of each fire patch. GlobFire data set presented a reasonable agreement with ground-based fire data, especially for fires larger than 100 ha (Campagnolo et al, 2021;Galizia et al, 2021b). We excluded fire data located within artificial lands (i.e., agriculture and urban) using Corine land cover data (European Union, 2018) because they generally do not put ecosystems at risk.…”

Section: Fire Datamentioning

confidence: 96%

Global Warming Reshapes European Pyroregions

et al. 2023

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Wildland fire is expected to increase in response to global warming, yet little is known about future changes to fire regimes in Europe. Here, we developed a pyrogeography based on statistical fire models to better understand how global warming reshapes fire regimes across the continent. We identified five large‐scale pyroregions with different levels of area burned, fire frequency, intensity, length of fire period, size distribution, and seasonality. All other things being equal, global warming was found to alter the distribution of these pyroregions, with an expansion of the most fire prone pyroregions ranging respectively from 50% to 130% under 2° and 4°C global warming scenarios. Our estimates indicate a strong amplification of fire across parts of southern Europe and a subsequent shift toward new fire regimes, implying substantial socio‐ecological impacts in the absence of mitigation or adaptation measures.

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Section: Fire Datamentioning

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“…Compared to other global regions, Germany is relatively free from the scourge of forest fires due to its temperate location, fragmented landscapes, and effective systems of monitoring (Galizia et al 2022). But climate change has increased the risk of forest fire in Germany as well (Goldammer 2019, Carnicer et al 2022.…”

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Policy narratives in forest fire management

Tietze,

Gerhold,

Ibisch

2023

Environ. Res. Lett.

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As the risk of forest fires increases around the globe, the issues of how to control, suppress, and prevent them are the subjects of growing public and political attention. This study focuses on the political debate in Germany regarding forest fires and provides insights into the conceptualization of forest fires and forest fire management at the federal and state policymaking levels.By examining forest fire narratives through the policy lens, this case study takes an exemplary extreme weather event exacerbated by climate change as an opportunity to examine the policy response to this problem. In this way, we examine the role of policy narratives in civil and environmental protection and disaster management.The findings reveal that all politicians examined in this study agree that forest fire management is an urgent matter that needs to be supported. In the prevailing human-centered narrative, policymakers see active forest management and use as tools to improve forest resilience to fire and other calamities. Those who advocate a nature-centered narrative assert that it is natural processes in protected forest areas that most effectively enhance resilience. The policy solutions derived from these views include financial support, recognition of the work of foresters, forest fire managers, and civil protection agencies as well as, depending on the type of narrative argument favored, either increased forest management or improved protection of forest ecologies. This suggests that narrative analysis may illuminate the rationales underlying previous policy decisions and the framework for future ones. This contribution throws light on how narratives shape policymaking and, by extension, disaster management. Future studies should therefore take into account the influence of prevailing narratives when it comes to evaluating the potential that policymaking can offer for disaster management in the future.

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“…Portugal is one of the countries with the highest absolute fire danger in western-central Europe (European Environment Agency 2021) owing to the dry and warm Mediterranean summers, the prevalence of flammable vegetation types in rugged terrain, contemporary land use changes and a widespread wildland-urban interface (WUI) (Davim et al 2021). Northern Portugal, in particular, is classified as a highly fireprone region, first because of its vegetation and then because of anthropogenic factors (Oliveira et al 2012;Galizia et al 2021), including negligence.…”

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Systematising experts’ understanding of traditional burning in Portugal: a mental model approach

Souza¹,

Pacheco²,

Teixeira³

2023

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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Background Traditional burning is a practice with social and ecological value used worldwide. However, given the often improper and negligent use of fire, this practice is often associated with rural fire ignitions. Aims Systematise experts’ understanding of traditional burning and identify its challenges in the Portuguese context. Methods Twenty-eight Portuguese experts from industry, academia, NGOs and public entities with in-depth involvement in fire and forest management were interviewed to create a mental model of traditional burning in Portugal. Key results Eight dimensions were identified: motivations behind traditional burning, alternative solutions, risks before a traditional burn, risks during a traditional burn, underlying causes of risk, exogenous elements and factors, potential impacts, and activities leading to a successful traditional burn. Conclusions This study provides a comprehensive understanding of traditional burn practice in the Portuguese context and offers a baseline to support stakeholders and policymakers in managing traditional burning’s social and environmental impacts in the future. Implications This research offers several implications across the eight dimensions identified, including the need to improve regulations on the use of fire and fuel reduction policies, promote fire use education and feasible and affordable alternatives to traditional burning, and increase communities’ commitment to mitigation actions.

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Understanding fire regimes in Europe

Cited by 32 publications

References 72 publications

Global Warming Reshapes European Pyroregions

Global Warming Reshapes European Pyroregions

Policy narratives in forest fire management

Systematising experts’ understanding of traditional burning in Portugal: a mental model approach

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