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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab541e
	Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: Paradigm change needed
	Moreira F.; Ascoli D.; Safford H.; Adams M.A.; Moreno J.M.; Pereira J.M.C.; Catry F.X.; Armesto J.; Bond W.; González M.E.; Curt T.; Koutsias N.; McCaw L.; Price O.; Pausas J.G.; Rigolot E.; Stephens S.; Tavsanoglu C.; Vallejo V.R.; Van Wilgen B.W.; Xanthopoulos G.; Fernandes P.M.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:1
英文摘要	During the last decades, climate and land use changes led to an increased prevalence of megafires in Mediterranean-type climate regions (MCRs). Here, we argue that current wildfire management policies in MCRs are destined to fail. Focused on fire suppression, these policies largely ignore ongoing climate warming and landscape-scale buildup of fuels. The result is a 'firefighting trap' that contributes to ongoing fuel accumulation precluding suppression under extreme fire weather, and resulting in more severe and larger fires. We believe that a 'business as usual' approach to wildfire in MCRs will not solve the fire problem, and recommend that policy and expenditures be rebalanced between suppression and mitigation of the negative impacts of fire. This requires a paradigm shift: policy effectiveness should not be primarily measured as a function of area burned (as it usually is), but rather as a function of avoided socio-ecological damage and loss. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	Australia; California; Chile; management policy; Mediterranean-type regions; South Africa; wildfires
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Extreme weather; Land use; Australia; California; Chile; Management policy; Mediterranean-type regions; South Africa; wildfires; Fires; expenditure; fire management; management practice; Mediterranean environment; wildfire; Australia; California; South Africa; United States
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154139
作者单位	CIBIO/InBIO, Universidade Do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairão, 4485-601, Portugal; CIBIO, InBIO, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, 1349-017, Portugal; DISAFA, University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, Grugliasco, I-10095, Italy; 2931 Bellows Court, Davis, CA 95618, United States; Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of TechnologyVIC, Australia; Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avda. Carlos III, s/n, Toledo, E-45071, Spain; Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, 1349-017, Portugal; CEABN, InBIO, Centre for Applied Ecology, Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, 1349-017, Portugal; Departamento Ecologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South ...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Moreira F.,Ascoli D.,Safford H.,et al. Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: Paradigm change needed[J],2020,15(1).
APA	Moreira F..,Ascoli D..,Safford H..,Adams M.A..,Moreno J.M..,...&Fernandes P.M..(2020).Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: Paradigm change needed.Environmental Research Letters,15(1).
MLA	Moreira F.,et al."Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: Paradigm change needed".Environmental Research Letters 15.1(2020).