Forest fires are changing: let’s change the fire management strategy
Forest fires in Italy are changing. More frequent heatwaves and drought increase the flammability of the vegetation; the abandonment of rural land produces 30.000 ha of newly afforested areas each year; and the wildland-urban interface is expanding with the sprawl of urbanized areas. However, forest...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Italian |
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Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)
2017-08-01
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Series: | Forest@ |
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Online Access: | http://foresta.sisef.org/contents/?id=efor2537-014&lang=en |