Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed

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dc.contributor.authorMoreira, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorAscoli, Davide
dc.contributor.authorSafford, Hugh
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Mark A.
dc.contributor.authorMoreno, Jose M.
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Jose M. C.
dc.contributor.authorCatry, Filipe X.
dc.contributor.authorArmesto, Juan
dc.contributor.authorBond, William
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Mauro E.
dc.contributor.authorCurt, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorKoutsias, Nikos
dc.contributor.authorMcCaw, Lachlan
dc.contributor.authorPrice, Owen
dc.contributor.authorPausas, Juli G.
dc.contributor.authorRigolot, Eric
dc.contributor.authorStephens, Scott
dc.contributor.authorTavsanoglu, Cagatay
dc.contributor.authorVallejo, V. Ramon
dc.contributor.authorVan Wilgen, Brian W.
dc.contributor.authorXanthopoulos, Gavriil
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Paulo M.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:57:01Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:57:01Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractDuring the last decades, climate and land use changes led to an increased prevalence of megafires in Mediterranean-type climate regions (MCRs). Here, we argue that current wildfire management policies in MCRs are destined to fail. Focused on fire suppression, these policies largely ignore ongoing climate warming and landscape-scale buildup of fuels. The result is a 'firefighting trap' that contributes to ongoing fuel accumulation precluding suppression under extreme fire weather, and resulting in more severe and larger fires. We believe that a 'business as usual' approach to wildfire in MCRs will not solve the fire problem, and recommend that policy and expenditures be rebalanced between suppression and mitigation of the negative impacts of fire. This requires a paradigm shift: policy effectiveness should not be primarily measured as a function of area burned (as it usually is), but rather as a function of avoided socio-ecological damage and loss.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1748-9326/ab541e
dc.identifier.issn1748-9326
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab541e
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/100724
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000507915200001
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaEnvironmental research letters
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectwildfires
dc.subjectmanagement policy
dc.subjectMediterranean-type regions
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectCalifornia
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titleWildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen15
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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