Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed

During 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 cl...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Francisco Moreira, Davide Ascoli, Hugh Safford, Mark A Adams, José M Moreno, José M C Pereira, Filipe X Catry, Juan Armesto, William Bond, Mauro E González, Thomas Curt, Nikos Koutsias, Lachlan McCaw, Owen Price, Juli G Pausas, Eric Rigolot, Scott Stephens, Cagatay Tavsanoglu, V Ramon Vallejo, Brian W Van Wilgen, Gavriil Xanthopoulos, Paulo M Fernandes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Subjects:	wildfires management policy Mediterranean-type regions Australia Chile California open climate campaign
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab541e