Perceptions of forest experts on climate change and fire management in European Mediterranean forests
Yannis Raftoyannis (1) , Susanna Nocentini (2), Enrico Marchi (2), Rafael Calama Sainz (3), Carlos Garcia Guemes (4), Ivan Pilas (5), Sanja Peric (5), Joana Amaral Paulo (6), Ana Cristina Moreira-Marcelino (7), Maria Costa-Ferreira (8), Erodotos Kakouris (9), Marcus Lindner (10)
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 33-41 (2014)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor0817-006
Published: Oct 14, 2013 - Copyright © 2014 SISEF
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Abstract
Climate change has already increased fire risk in Mediterranean forests. Adaptation options related to forest fires and climate change include measures related to fuel management, fire fighting and infrastructure, as well as public awareness. The importance of each of these measures was evaluated in six Mediterranean countries in a study initiated within the COST Action FP0703 “Expected Climate Change and Options for European Silviculture”. A questionnaire survey was used to document the views of foresters and forest scientists. Country differences were observed and adaptation measures related to fire fighting efficiency and public awareness were valued as more important than fuel management. Results were discussed in the light of a critical review of adaptive fire management measures with special reference to European Mediterranean countries.
Keywords
Climate Change, Forest Fires, Survey, Perceptions, Adaptive Management, Mediterranean
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Department of Forestry, Technological Educational Institute of Lamia, G-36100 Karpenisi (Greece)
Enrico Marchi
Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Systems, University of Florence, v. San Bonaventura 13, I-50145 Firenze (Italy)
Dip.to Selvicultura y Gestión Forestal, CIFOR-INIA, Ctra. A Coruña km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid (Spain)
Servicio Territorial de Medio Ambiente. Junta de Castilla y León C/ Juan de Padilla s/n, E-09071 Burgos (Spain)
Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon (Portugal)
Dept. de Protecção das Plantas, Estação Agronómica Nacional, INIAP, Av. da República, 2784-505 Nova Oeiras (Portugal)
Silviculture and Forest Products Unit, INIAV-INRB, 2780-159 Oeiras (Portugal)
Cyprus Department of Forests (Cyprus)
European Forest Institute, Torikatu 34, 80100 Joensuu (Finland)
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Raftoyannis Y, Nocentini S, Marchi E, Calama Sainz R, Garcia Guemes C, Pilas I, Peric S, Amaral Paulo J, Moreira-Marcelino AC, Costa-Ferreira M, Kakouris E, Lindner M (2014). Perceptions of forest experts on climate change and fire management in European Mediterranean forests. iForest 7: 33-41. - doi: 10.3832/ifor0817-006
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Giorgio Matteucci
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Received: Oct 11, 2012
Accepted: Jul 30, 2013
First online: Oct 14, 2013
Publication Date: Feb 03, 2014
Publication Time: 2.53 months
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