Wildland fire scientists and land managers working in fire-prone areas require spatial
estimates of wildfire potential. To fulfill this need, a simulation-modelling approach was …

Wildfires occur worldwide and affect different territories in diverse ways. New challenges in
wildfire management are emerging, fueled by climatic, land cover, and sociodemographic …

Recent large wildfires have caused serious environmental and social impacts in different
areas of the world, such as Portugal, Greece and Australia. Sociodemographic changes in …

Southern European countries rely largely on fire suppression and ignition prevention to
manage a growing wildfire problem. We explored a more wholistic, long-term approach …

The development of comprehensive fire management and risk assessment strategies is of
prominent concern in Southern Europe, due to the expanding scale of wildfire risk. In this …

The extreme 2017 fire season in Portugal led to widespread recognition of the need for a
paradigm shift in forest and wildfire management. We focused our study on Alvares, a parish …

The concept of fire resilience has become increasingly relevant as society looks to
understand and respond to recent wildfire events. In particular, the idea of a 'fire resilient …

Fire events substantially influence biodiversity, carbon cycling, hence climate, human health,
and the economy on a global scale. To cope with increasingly widespread fires, we need …

In Mediterranean agropastoral areas, land abandonment is a key driver of wildfire risk as
fuel load and continuity increase. To gain insights into the potential impacts of land …

Even though wildfires constitute a natural phenomenon, fires of high intensity may provoke
profound ecological and socioeconomic implications. Primary aim of the paper constitutes …