Fires and landscape conservation in mediterranean ecosystems
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Abstract
Protected areas are some of the last remaining areas on Earth where fire can play its natural role at a landscape-scale. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has developed a system for categorizing protected areas. The role fire can play in the various categories depends on the management objectives of the category, the size of the individual units, and the laws and policies of the country in which the unit is located. An analysis of all the IUCN protected areas showed that 505 areas had the potential for conserving landscape fire. Areas in Europe, Africa, South America, Australia, and North America show promise for being able to include fire in the conservation of landscapes. Examples from South Africa, Australia, and the United States show how fire can be incorporated at the landscape scale. Future challenges include increasing urban encroachment, climate change, and air pollution. Society will have to deal with these challenges if fire is to continue its essential ecological role in Mediterranean ecosystems.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Fires and landscape conservation in mediterranean ecosystems |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-642-01754-4_3 |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 16 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Earth Observation of Wildland Fires in Mediterranean Ecosystems |
| First page | 24 |
| Last page | 39 |
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