Challenges for Territorial Sustainability After Forest Fires: The Case Study of the Guarda District

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

Forest fires cause significant harm to ecological communities and society by altering land cover changes, imposing economic burdens, exacerbating global warming climate change. Based on burned areas their cover, this study analyzes the in Portugal's Guarda District. It examines environmental impacts of forest occurring August 2022. The results highlight that 9.42% Pinus Sylvestris, a native species Serra da Estrela Natural Park, was lost, alongside other damage, including decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) sequestration capacity soil degradation, which increases risk erosion reduces fertility affected areas. impact also substantial, with costs related firefighting efforts, loss timber resources, adverse effects tourism local livelihoods.

Language: Английский

Rethinking wildfire management policy: Suggestions from firefighters who experienced the 2017 extreme wildfires in Portugal

Forest Policy and Economics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 173, P. 103453 - 103453

Published: March 3, 2025

Language: Английский

Air Pollution and Health Impacts of Wildfire Seasons: Insights from Northern Portugal

Water Air & Soil Pollution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 236(7)

Published: April 30, 2025

Language: Английский