Recent wildfire outbreaks around the world have prompted concern that climate change is
increasing fire incidence, threatening human livelihood and biodiversity, and perpetuating …

Madagascar's unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat.
Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar's …

Madagascar's biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We
review the current state of knowledge on Madagascar's past and current terrestrial and …

The application of remote sensing technology in grassland monitoring and management has
been ongoing for decades. Compared with traditional ground measurements, remote …

Recently identified post-fire carbon fluxes indicate that, to understand whether global fires
represent a net carbon source or sink, one must consider both terrestrial carbon retention …

Biomass burning is one of the most critical factors impacting vegetation and atmospheric
trends, with important societal implications, particularly when extreme weather conditions …

Regional land carbon budgets provide insights on the spatial distribution of the land uptake
of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and can be used to evaluate carbon cycle models and to …

Accurate and spatially explicit information on forest fuels becomes essential to designing an
integrated fire risk management strategy, as fuel characteristics are critical for fire danger …

Narratives of landscape degradation are often linked to unsustainable fire use by local
communities. Madagascar is a case in point: the island is considered globally exceptional …

Abstract The Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) is considered the most floristically diverse
savanna in the world, home to more than seven thousand species. The region is a mosaic of …