Wildfire management and evacuation in indigenous communities in Canada and the United States: A scoping review

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 100, P. 104170 - 104170

Published: Dec. 3, 2023

Indigenous people and communities are disproportionately affected by wildfire the accompanying smoke, motivating calls for revitalization, integration, greater engagement with regarding fire knowledges practices. We conducted a scoping review of literature on management evacuation in Canada United States to understand impacts communities, inform ways that can be more involved decision-making these areas. The reviewed suggests that, despite progress, there still range barriers leave little scope participation shaping their territories. also illustrates process traumatic and, at times, harmful than risk posed itself. However, challenge is deeper government agencies external support organizations needing improve acceptance utilization experiences knowledges, identify opportunities effective partnerships between organizations, provide adequate funding resources. More so, relates need make space people's self-determination, agency control over key aspects evacuation. Some most promising examples from were situations which took initiative own, had decisions, or otherwise enabled express collective both pursuit integrative holistic approaches generally will strengthen community sovereignty, capacity, resilience.

Language: Английский

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Cooperative Community Wildfire Response: Pathways to First Nations’ leadership and partnership in British Columbia, Canada

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 104933 - 104933

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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D’objet de pouvoir à symbole de crise, évolution géopolitique des feux de forêt au Canada

Hérodote, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: n° 195(4), P. 161 - 181

Published: Dec. 6, 2024

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A century of transformation: Fire regime transitions from 1919 to 2019 in southeastern British Columbia, Canada

Published: Aug. 31, 2021

ContextIn fire-excluded forests across western North America, recent intense wildfire seasons starkly contrast with fire regimes of the past. The last 100 years mark a transition between pre-colonial and modern era regimes, providing crucial context for understanding future behavior.ObjectivesUsing greatest time depth digitized events in Canada, we identify distinct phases from 1919 to 2019 by evaluating changes mapped perimeters (>20-ha) East Kootenay region (including southern Rocky Mountain Trench), British Columbia. MethodsWe detect transitions annual number fires, burned area, size; explore role lightning- human-caused fires driving these transitions; quantify departures historical frequency at regional level.ResultsRelative frequency, exclusion has created significant deficit active minimum 1–10 missed 46.4-percent landscape. Fire was 1939 frequent large events, but regime already altered century colonization. activity decreased 1940, coinciding effective suppression influenced mild climatic period. In 2003, combined effects accelerated climate change fueled shift various forest types, increases area mean size driven lightning.ConclusionsThe extent disruption warrants management policy attention alter current trajectory facilitate better co-existence throughout this century.

Language: Английский

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Building community resilience to wildfire risks in the Robson Valley, British Columbia, Canada

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

This thesis examines how rural communities are at risk to wildfire hazards through a case study of the Robson Valley, British Columbia, Canada. The research is guided by vulnerability approach, which conceptualizes as function community exposed and sensitive hazard its capacity adapt. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with policymakers, forest professionals emergency managers alongside meetings in three areas, participant observation, analysis secondary sources. findings show that while most Valley not directly from extreme hazards, they indirectly tertiary impacts, due single power transmission road transportation route, both highly hazards. centralization government services has led change ways wildfires suppressed, can be incongruent diverse land values attitudes about responding held longtime residents local First Nations. concludes recommendations for better engage fire prevention suppression including creation champion position improved legislation allowing participation operations.

Language: Английский

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