Current Wildland Fire Patterns and Challenges in Europe: A Synthesis of National Perspectives
2021
Fernandez-Anez, Nieves | Krasovskiy, Andrey | Müller, Mortimer | Vacik, Harald | Baetens, Jan | Hukić, Emira | Kapovic Solomun, Marijana | Atanassova, Irena | Glushkova, Maria | Bogunović, Igor | Fajković, Hana | Djuma, Hakan | Boustras, George | Adámek, Martin | Devetter, Miloslav | Hrabalikova, Michaela | Huska, Dalibor | Martínez Barroso, Petra | Vaverková, Magdalena, Daria | Zumr, David | Jõgiste, Kalev | Metslaid, Marek | Koster, Kajar | Köster, Egle | Pumpanen, Jukka | Ribeiro-Kumara, Caius | Di Prima, Simone | Pastor, Amandine | Rumpel, Cornelia | Seeger, Manuel | Daliakopoulos, Ioannis | Daskalakou, Evangelia | Koutroulis, Aristeidis | Papadopoulou, Maria, P | Stampoulidis, Kosmas | Xanthopoulos, Gavriil | Aszalós, Réka | Balázs, Deák | Kertész, Miklós | Valkó, Orsolya | Finger, David, C | Thorsteinsson, Throstur | Till, Jessica | Bajocco, Sofia | Gelsomino, Antonio | Amodio, Antonio, Minervino | Novara, Agata | Salvati, Luca | Telesca, Luciano | Ursino, Nadia | Jansons, Aris | Kitenberga, Mara | Stivrins, Normunds | Brazaitis, Gediminas | Marozas, Vitas | Cojocaru, Olesea | Gumeniuc, Iachim | Sfecla, Victor | Imeson, Anton | Veraverbeke, Sander | Mikalsen, Ragni, Fjellgaard | Koda, Eugeniusz | Osinski, Piotr | Castro, Ana, C Meira | Nunes, João, Pedro | Oom, Duarte | Vieira, Diana | Rusu, Teodor | Bojović, Srđan | Djordjevic, Dragana | Popovic, Zorica | Protic, Milan | Sakan, Sanja | Glasa, Jan | Kacikova, Danica | Lichner, Lubomir | Majlingova, Andrea | Vido, Jaroslav | Ferk, Mateja | Tičar, Jure | Zorn, Matija | Zupanc, Vesna | Hinojosa, M, Belén | Knicker, Heike | Lucas-Borja, Manuel, Esteban | Pausas, Juli | Prat-Guitart, Nuria | Smith, Thomas | Ubeda, Xavier | Vilar, Lara | Yakupoglu, Tugrul | Destouni, Georgia | Ghajarnia, Navid | Kalantari, Zahra | Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Samaneh | Dindaroglu, Turgay | Doerr, Stefan | Cerda, Artemi | Western Norway University of Applied Sciences | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [Laxenburg] (IIASA) | Universität für Bodenkultur Wien = University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU) | Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) | University of Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina] = Univerzitet u Sarajevu [Bosna i Hercegovina] = Université de Sarajevo [Bosnie-Herzégovine] (UNSA) | University of Banja Luka | Institute of soil science "N. Poushkarov" ; Institute of soil science "N. Poushkarov" | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences = Académie bulgare des sciences [Académie des sciences de Bulgarie] = Българска академия на науките (BAS) | University of Zagreb | Cyprus Institute (CyI) | European University of Cyprus | Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IB / CAS) ; Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS) | Institute of Soil Biology [Sádkách] (BIOLOGY CENTRE CAS) ; Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences (BIOLOGY CENTRE CAS) ; Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS)-Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS) | All for Soil / Vše pro půdu | Mendel University in Brno (MENDELU) | Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) | Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU) | Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki | University of Eastern Finland | Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) ; Université de Lyon | Centre for Ecology - Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) ; Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon = Université de Lisbonne (ULISBOA)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Changes in climate, land use, and land management impact the occurrence and severity of wildland fires in many parts of the world. This is particularly evident in Europe, where ongoing changes in land use have strongly modified fire patterns over the last decades. Although satellite data by the European Forest Fire Information System provide large-scale wildland fire statistics across European countries, there is still a crucial need to collect and summarize in-depth local analysis and understanding of the wildland fire condition and associated challenges across Europe. This article aims to provide a general overview of the current wildland fire patterns and challenges as perceived by national representatives, supplemented by national fire statistics (2009-2018) across Europe. For each of the 31 countries included, we present a perspective authored by scientists or practitioners from each respective country, representing a wide range of disciplines and cultural backgrounds. The authors were selected from members of the COST Action "Fire and the Earth System: Science & Society" funded by the European Commission with the aim to share knowledge and improve communication about wildland fire. Where relevant, a brief overview of key studies, particular wildland fire challenges a country is facing, and an overview of notable recent fire events are also presented. Key perceived challenges included (1) the lack of consistent and detailed records for wildland fire events, within and across countries, (2) an increase in wildland fires that pose a risk to properties and human life due to high population densities and sprawl into forested regions, and (3) the view that, irrespective of changes in management, climate change is likely to increase the frequency and impact of wildland fires in the coming decades. Addressing challenge (1) will not only be valuable in advancing national and pan-European wildland fire management strategies, but also in evaluating perceptions (2) and (3) against more robust quantitative evidence.
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