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Forest fire management, climate change, and the risk of catastrophic carbon losses
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-21, 23:43 authored by David BowmanDavid Bowman, Murphy, BP, Boer, MM, Bradstock, RA, Cary, GJ, Cochrane, MA, Fensham, RJ, Krawchuk, MA, Price, OF, Williams, RJApproaches to management of fireprone forests are undergoing rapid change, driven by recognition that technological attempts to subdue fire at large scales (fire suppression) are ecologically and economically unsustainable. However, our current framework for intervention excludes the full scope of the fire management problem within the broader context of fire−vegetation−climate interactions. Climate change may already be causing unprecedented fire activity, and even if current fires are within the historical range of variability, models predict that current fire management problems will be compounded by more frequent extreme fire-conducive weather conditions (eg Fried et al. 2004). Concern about climate change has also made the mitigation of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions and increased carbon (C) storage a priority for forest managers.
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Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
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Publication title
Frontiers in Ecology and the EnvironmentVolume
11Pagination
66-68ISSN
1540-9295Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Ecological Society of AmericaPlace of publication
USARepository Status
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