Estimating the Trade-Offs between Wildfires and Carbon Stocks across Landscape Types to Inform Nature-Based Solutions in Mediterranean Regions DOI Open Access
Rui Miguel Serôdio Simões, Paulo Flores Ribeiro, José Lima Santos

et al.

Published: Aug. 25, 2023

Climate and land-use changes have been contributing to increase the occurrence of extreme wild-fires, shifting fire regimes driving desertification, particularly in Mediterranean-climate regions. However, few studies researched effects change on carbon storage at broad national scale. To address this gap, we used spatially explicit data from annual burned areas mainland Portugal build a typology based accumulated area its temporal concentration (Gini index) between 1984 2019, which was combined with 2018 stock (above- below-ground), landscape re-sulting cluster analysis over composition, diversity configuration, explore relationships types two major ecosystem services stake: wildfire reduction stock. Cross tabulations, logistic linear regressions were performed these results revealed strong relationship landscapes dominated by maritime pine eucalypt forest plantations high-hazardous regime but hold highest Shrubland-mixed associated lower stocks less hazardous regimes. Specialized agricultural landscapes, as well mixed native forests agro-forestry least wildfires. In case however, good performance is achieved cost poorest stock, de-noting land degradation, whereas agroforestry strike best trade-off regime. Our findings support how nature-based solutions promoting mitigation may prevent revert degradation harming Mediterranean

Language: Английский

Framing Coherence Across EU Policies Towards Integrated Wildfire Risk Management and Nature-Based Solutions DOI Creative Commons
Eduard Plana, Marta Serra, Annick Smeenk

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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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Estimating the Trade-Offs between Wildfires and Carbon Stocks across Landscape Types to Inform Nature-Based Solutions in Mediterranean Regions DOI Open Access
Rui Miguel Serôdio Simões, Paulo Flores Ribeiro, José Lima Santos

et al.

Published: Aug. 25, 2023

Climate and land-use changes have been contributing to increase the occurrence of extreme wild-fires, shifting fire regimes driving desertification, particularly in Mediterranean-climate regions. However, few studies researched effects change on carbon storage at broad national scale. To address this gap, we used spatially explicit data from annual burned areas mainland Portugal build a typology based accumulated area its temporal concentration (Gini index) between 1984 2019, which was combined with 2018 stock (above- below-ground), landscape re-sulting cluster analysis over composition, diversity configuration, explore relationships types two major ecosystem services stake: wildfire reduction stock. Cross tabulations, logistic linear regressions were performed these results revealed strong relationship landscapes dominated by maritime pine eucalypt forest plantations high-hazardous regime but hold highest Shrubland-mixed associated lower stocks less hazardous regimes. Specialized agricultural landscapes, as well mixed native forests agro-forestry least wildfires. In case however, good performance is achieved cost poorest stock, de-noting land degradation, whereas agroforestry strike best trade-off regime. Our findings support how nature-based solutions promoting mitigation may prevent revert degradation harming Mediterranean

Language: Английский

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