The use of fire to preserve biodiversity under novel fire regimes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 380(1924)

Published: April 1, 2025

Novel fire regimes are emerging worldwide and pose substantial challenges to biodiversity conservation. Addressing these mitigating their impacts on will require developing a wide range of management practices. In this paper, we leverage research across taxa, ecosystems continents highlight strategies for applying knowledge in First, define novel outline different practices contemporary landscapes from parts the world. Next, synthesize recent use biodiversity, provide decision-making framework conservation under regimes. We recommend that preserving should consider both social ecological factors, iterative learning informed by effective monitoring, testing new actions. An integrated approach about help navigate complexities preserve rapidly changing This article is part theme issue ‘Novel climate changes human influences: impacts, ecosystem responses feedbacks’.

Language: Английский

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Nature-based solutions to wildfires in rural landscapes of Southern Europe: let’s be fire-smart!

International Journal of Wildland Fire, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Extreme wildfires are expected to increase in Southern Europe, due climate change and rural abandonment. Fire management is focused on suppression, which accelerates the transition more flammable landscapes. Here, we synthesise knowledge acquired over 'FirESmart' project (https://firesmartproject.wordpress.com). Our findings show how agroforestry policies could benefit biodiversity while providing further fire suppression opportunities. The EU Green Deal offers an opportunity incorporate 'fire-smartness' into upcoming policies. Still, if these fail at reversing abandonment, use of enhance rewilding tree-planting as 'climate-smart' strategies fire-prone mountains Europe.

Language: Английский

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Agroforestry and net-zero in the European agriculture, forestry and land use sector

Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 179 - 203

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Scenario modeling of ecosystem service trade-offs and bundles in a semi-arid valley basin

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 896, P. 166413 - 166413

Published: Aug. 18, 2023

Language: Английский

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Active governance of agro-pastoral, forest and protected areas mitigates wildfire impacts in Italy

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 890, P. 164281 - 164281

Published: May 20, 2023

Wildfire regimes affected by global change have been the cause of major concern in recent years. Both direct prevention (e.g., fuel management planning) and land governance strategies agroforestry development) can an indirect regulatory effect on wildfires. Herein, we tested hypothesis that active planning Italy mitigated wildfire impacts terms loss ecosystem services forest cover, burned wildland-urban interface, from 2007 to 2017. At national scale, assessed size potential fire drivers such as climate, weather, flammability, socio-economic descriptors, use changes, proxies for European funds rural development, investments sustainable management, agro-pastoral activities), including interactions, fire-related via Random Forest modelling Generalized Additive Mixed Model. Agro-forest districts (i.e., aggregations neighbouring municipalities with homogeneous agricultural characteristics) were used spatial units analysis. Our results confirm territories more show lower impacts, even under severe flammability climatic conditions. This study supports current regional, national, towards "fire resistant resilient landscapes" fostering agro-forestry, nature conservation integrated policies.

Language: Английский

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Governance drivers hinder and support a paradigm shift in wildfire risk management in Italy

Regional Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: Jan. 13, 2024

Abstract Fire is a fundamental social-ecological process, but combination of changing climate, land use and values at risk increasing the incidence large wildfires with high societal biodiversity impacts. Academic practitioner understanding now converging around need to manage fire as an outcome intersecting governance regimes, comprising geohistorically defined institutions decision-making pathways shaped by earlier wildfires. We investigate this proposition through case study Italy, country greatly affected wildfire characterised strong organisational, socio-cultural geographical variation nationally. To best our knowledge, first collecting analysing qualitative data on how different national sub-national procedures interrelate promote particular management strategies, support or impede adaptive change. Participants in key agencies were consulted across seven nationally representative regions. Findings show highly fragmented institutional structure, where policy responsibilities are increasingly allocated disparate organisations variety scales. Local stakeholder participation has been displaced shift extra-local actors networks. While formally committed adopting precautionary approach risk, practice, emergency response remains default choice, result patchy uncoordinated legislation. Notably, wider international (EU) regulatory context plays muted role governing present results novel action research agenda for Italy southern Europe more generally, emphasising urgent develop new anticipatory systems closer integration cross-scale arrangements.

Language: Английский

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A framework for considering justice aspects in integrated wildfire risk management

Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(8), P. 788 - 795

Published: July 10, 2023

Language: Английский

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Framing Coherence Across EU Policies Towards Integrated Wildfire Risk Management and Nature-Based Solutions

Fire, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(11), P. 415 - 415

Published: Nov. 13, 2024

Wildfire risk has been exacerbated across Europe by climate change favoring more damaging and severe wildfire events. This evolving context interacts with a broad landscape of EU policies including those on nature conservation, forestry, bioeconomy or energy, all which may increase reduce fire hazard the level exposure vulnerability values at risk. Coherently addressed, support disaster management synergistically while reducing potential dysfunctions. research conducts content analysis initiatives under European Green Deal respect to integrated related nature-based solutions. The results show that consistent policy framework address reduction in synergic way exists, no major conflicts design. Nevertheless, better guidance fire-smart land practices conceptualization wildfire-related solutions enhance coherent implementation. Additional suggestions around legal status protection ‘whole government’ governance frameworks are discussed. Notably, within laws, analyzed, beneficial side addressed is either missing not explicitly mentioned, although it considered policy-related supporting guidelines.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Management of Major Fungal Phytopathogens in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) for Food Security: A Comprehensive Review

Journal of Fungi, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(3), P. 207 - 207

Published: March 6, 2025

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is a globally important energy and food crop that becoming increasingly integral to security the environment. However, its production significantly hampered by various fungal phytopathogens affect yield quality. This review aimed provide comprehensive overview of major affecting sorghum, their impact, current management strategies, potential future directions. The diseases covered include anthracnose, grain mold complex, charcoal rot, downy mildew, rust, with an emphasis on pathogenesis, symptomatology, overall economic, social, environmental impacts. From initial use fungicides shift biocontrol, rotation, intercropping, modern tactics breeding resistant cultivars against mentioned are discussed. In addition, this explores disease management, particular focus role technology, including digital agriculture, predictive modeling, remote sensing, IoT devices, in early warning, detection, management. It also key policy recommendations support farmers advance research thus emphasizing need for increased investment research, strengthening extension services, facilitating access necessary inputs, implementing effective regulatory policies. concluded although pose significant challenges, combined effort innovative policies can mitigate these issues, enhance resilience sorghum facilitate global issues.

Language: Английский

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Bridging wine and forestry sectors to reduce wildfires: wine actors’ perceptions, their role in risk reduction and externality labelling

Trees Forests and People, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100835 - 100835

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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