Spreading like wildfire: The rising threat of extraordinary landscape fires - A rapid response assessment

Alexandra Popescu; Allison Paulson; Amy C. Christianson; Andrew S. Sullivan; A. Tulloch; Bibiana Bilbao; Camilla Mathison; Catherine Robinson; David Ganz; David Nangoma; David Saah; Dolors Armenteras; Don A. Driscoll; Don L. Hankins; Douglas I. Kelley; E. R. Langer; Elaine Baker; Fabienne Reisen; Francois-Nicholas Robinne; Gamma Galudra; Glynis Humphrey; Hugh Safford; Ian G. Baird; Imma Oliveras; Jeremy Littell; Johan Kieft; J. Chew; Kirsten Maclean; Lea Wittenberg; Liana O. Anderson; Lindsey Gillson; Matt Plucinski; Max A. Moritz; Megan Brown; Miguel Castillo Soto; M. Flannigan; Oliver Costello; Patricia S. Silva; Paulo Fernandes; Peter Moore; Randi Jandt; Raphaele Blanchi; Renata Libonati; Sally Archibald; Sarah Dunlop; Sarah McCaffrey; Susan Page; Tania Marisol Gonzalez Delgado; Tiina Kurvits; Tol Sokchea; Val Charlton

Spreading like wildfire: The rising threat of extraordinary landscape fires - A rapid response assessment

By: Alexandra Popescu, Allison Paulson, Amy C. Christianson, Andrew S. Sullivan, A. Tulloch, Bibiana Bilbao, Camilla Mathison, Catherine Robinson, David Ganz, David Nangoma, David Saah, Dolors Armenteras, Don A. Driscoll, Don L. Hankins, Douglas I. Kelley, E. R. Langer, Elaine Baker, Fabienne Reisen, Francois-Nicholas Robinne, Gamma Galudra, Glynis Humphrey, Hugh Safford, Ian G. Baird, Imma Oliveras, Jeremy Littell, Johan Kieft, J. Chew, Kirsten Maclean, Lea Wittenberg, Liana O. Anderson, Lindsey Gillson, Matt Plucinski, Max A. Moritz, Megan Brown, Miguel Castillo Soto, M. Flannigan, Oliver Costello, Patricia S. Silva, Paulo Fernandes, Peter Moore, Randi Jandt, Raphaele Blanchi, Renata Libonati, Sally Archibald, Sarah Dunlop, Sarah McCaffrey, Susan Page, Tania Marisol Gonzalez Delgado, Tiina Kurvits, Tol Sokchea, and Val Charlton

Edited by: Andrew S. Sullivan, Elaine Baker, and Tiina Kurvits

Metrics

Web analytics dashboard Metrics definitions

Links

More information: Publisher Index Page (html)
Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core

Abstract

Free-burning landscape fire is an important natural phenomenon critical to the healthy functioning of many ecosystems. It is an important land management tool, culturally, economically, and ecologically. Therefore, not all vegetation fires are unwanted. This Rapid Response Assessment (RRA) focuses on the apparent increase in the occurrence, extent, duration, and consequences of wildfires – unusual or extraordinary free-burning vegetation fires. The RRA considers the changing patterns of wildfires around the world, their impact on people and the environment, and options for mitigating risk and improving our response.

Suggested Citation

Popescu, A., Paulson, A., Christianson, A.C., Sullivan, A.S., Tulloch, A., Bilbao, B., Mathison, C., Robinson, C., Ganz, D., Nangoma, D., Saah, D., Armenteras, D., Driscoll, D.A., Hankins, D.L., Kelley, D.I., Langer, E.R., Baker, E., Reisen, F., Robinne, F., Galudra, G., Humphrey, G., Safford, H., Baird, I.G., Oliveras, I., Littell, J., Kieft, J., Chew, J., Maclean, K., Wittenberg, L., Anderson, L.O., Gillson, L., Plucinski, M., Moritz, M., Brown, M., Castillo Soto, M., Flannigan, M., Costello, O., Silva, P.S., Fernandes, P., Moore, P., Jandt, R., Blanchi, R., Libonati, R., Archibald, S., Dunlop, S., McCaffrey, S., Page, S., Gonzalez Delgado, T.M., Kurvits, T., Sokchea, T., Charlton, V., 2022, Spreading like wildfire: The rising threat of extraordinary landscape fires - A rapid response assessment, 124 p.

Additional publication details
Publication type	Book
Publication Subtype	Monograph
Title	Spreading like wildfire: The rising threat of extraordinary landscape fires - A rapid response assessment
Year Published	2022
Language	English
Publisher	United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
Contributing office(s)	Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center
Description	124 p.