{"id":9260,"date":"2013-08-14T15:43:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T19:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=9260"},"modified":"2013-08-14T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T19:43:17","slug":"using-fire-to-manage-fire-prone-regions-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2013\/08\/14\/using-fire-to-manage-fire-prone-regions-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Using fire to manage fire-prone regions around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inaugural online-only Special Issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment<\/h4>\n

\u00a0By Nadine Lymn, ESA director of public affairs<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Prescribed<\/a>

Prescribed burn in Klamath National Forest, California. Credit: E. Knapp<\/p><\/div>\n

The Ecological Society of America\u2019s first online-only Special Issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment<\/i> showcases prescribed burns around the globe, some of them drawing on historical practices to manage forests and grasslands in fire-prone regions.<\/p>\n

\"Low<\/a>

Low intensity prescribed burn in open forest in Australia. Credit: N. Burrows<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Prescribed<\/a>

Prescribed burning in fire-adapted pines in France. Credit: A. Cotterchio<\/p><\/div>\n

The Online Special Issue looks at fire practices in the United States, Australia, southern Europe, South Africa and South America. One review article focuses on the cooperative efforts of US ranchers in the Great Plains using fire to beat back juniper encroachment on native grasslands.\u00a0 Another features traditional Aboriginal approaches to minimize greenhouse-gas emissions from savanna fires in northern Australia.\u00a0 In South America, traditional Mayan practices to produce \u201cforest gardens\u201d are applied to create spaces within the forest for different kinds of crops while contributing to soil fertility and sustaining wildlife.\u00a0 And in southern Europe, a significant challenge is contending with stringent laws that create obstacles for using managed burns to decrease wildfire risk and manage habitats for grazing and wildlife.<\/p>\n

The August online-only issue of Frontiers<\/i> is open access, as are all Frontiers<\/i> Special Issues. Access Prescribed burning in fire-prone landscapes<\/i> here<\/a>.\u00a0 Or just peruse by article:<\/p>\n

Prescribed burning in southern Europe: developing fire management in a dynamic landscape <\/a><\/p>\n

Prescribed fire in North American forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenges <\/a><\/p>\n

Prescribed burning in southwestern Australian forests <\/a><\/p>\n

Fire management in species-rich Cape fynbos shrublands <\/a><\/p>\n

The Maya milpa: fire and the legacy of living soil<\/a><\/p>\n

Managing fire regimes in north Australian savannas: applying Aboriginal approaches to contemporary global problems<\/a><\/p>\n

The rising Great Plains fire campaign: citizens\u2019 response to woody plant encroachment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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