Forgetting fire: Traditional fire knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications for European fire management policy

Human beings have used fire as an ecosystem management tool for thousands of years. In the context of the scientific and policy debate surrounding potential climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, the importance of the impact of relatively recent state fire-exclusion policies on fire re...

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Autores: Sanz, V., Seijo, F., Sang�esa-Barreda, G., García-Serrano, F., Lozano Mendoza, J., Julio Camarero, J., Millington, J., Gray, R.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
Repositorio:Repositorio Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.utpl.edu.ec:123456789/19015
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.03.006
http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/19015
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chestnut forest ecosystems
Fire exclusion policies
Fire paradox
Traditional ecological knowledge
Traditional fire knowledge
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spelling Forgetting fire: Traditional fire knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications for European fire management policySanz, V.Seijo, F.Sang�esa-Barreda, G.García-Serrano, F.Lozano Mendoza, J.Julio Camarero, J.Millington, J.Gray, R.Chestnut forest ecosystemsFire exclusion policiesFire paradoxTraditional ecological knowledgeTraditional fire knowledgeHuman beings have used fire as an ecosystem management tool for thousands of years. In the context of the scientific and policy debate surrounding potential climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, the importance of the impact of relatively recent state fire-exclusion policies on fire regimes has been debated. To provide empirical evidence to this ongoing debate we examine the impacts of state fire-exclusion policies in the chestnut forest ecosystems of two geographically neighbouring municipalities in central Spain, Casillas and Rozas de Puerto Real. Extending the concept of 'Traditional Ecological Knowledge' to include the use of fire as a management tool as 'Traditional Fire Knowledge' (TFK), we take a mixed-methods and interdisciplinary approach to argue that currently observed differences between the municipalities are useful for considering the characteristics of "pre-industrial anthropogenic fire regimes" and their impact on chestnut forest ecosystems. We do this by examining how responses from interviews and questionnaire surveys of local inhabitants about TFK in the past and present correspond to the current biophysical landscape state and recent fire activity (based on data from dendrochronological analysis, aerial photography and official fire statistics). We then discuss the broader implications of TFK decline for future fire management policies across Europe particularly in light of the published results of the EU sponsored Fire Paradox research project. In locations where TFK-based "pre-industrial anthropogenic fire regimes" still exist, ecosystem management strategies for adaptation and mitigation to climate change could be conceivably implemented at a minimal economic and political cost to the state by local communities that have both the TFK and the adequate social, economic and cultural incentives to use it. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.Land Use Policy2017-06-16T22:02:47Z2017-06-16T22:02:47Z01/09/2015info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.03.0062648377http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.03.006http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/19015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositorio Universidad Técnica Particular de Lojainstname:Universidad Técnica Particular de Lojainstacron:UTPL2017-06-16T22:02:47Zoai:dspace.utpl.edu.ec:123456789/19015Institucionalhttps://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/Institución privadahttps://www.utpl.edu.ec/https://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/oai.Ecuador...opendoar:12272026-08-08T09:10:31.504602Repositorio Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja - Universidad Técnica Particular de Lojatrue
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Forgetting fire: Traditional fire knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications for European fire management policy
title Forgetting fire: Traditional fire knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications for European fire management policy
spellingShingle Forgetting fire: Traditional fire knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications for European fire management policy
Sanz, V.
Chestnut forest ecosystems
Fire exclusion policies
Fire paradox
Traditional ecological knowledge
Traditional fire knowledge
title_short Forgetting fire: Traditional fire knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications for European fire management policy
title_full Forgetting fire: Traditional fire knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications for European fire management policy
title_fullStr Forgetting fire: Traditional fire knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications for European fire management policy
title_full_unstemmed Forgetting fire: Traditional fire knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications for European fire management policy
title_sort Forgetting fire: Traditional fire knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications for European fire management policy
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sanz, V.
Seijo, F.
Sang�esa-Barreda, G.
García-Serrano, F.
Lozano Mendoza, J.
Julio Camarero, J.
Millington, J.
Gray, R.
author Sanz, V.
author_facet Sanz, V.
Seijo, F.
Sang�esa-Barreda, G.
García-Serrano, F.
Lozano Mendoza, J.
Julio Camarero, J.
Millington, J.
Gray, R.
author_role author
author2 Seijo, F.
Sang�esa-Barreda, G.
García-Serrano, F.
Lozano Mendoza, J.
Julio Camarero, J.
Millington, J.
Gray, R.
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author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Chestnut forest ecosystems
Fire exclusion policies
Fire paradox
Traditional ecological knowledge
Traditional fire knowledge
topic Chestnut forest ecosystems
Fire exclusion policies
Fire paradox
Traditional ecological knowledge
Traditional fire knowledge
description Human beings have used fire as an ecosystem management tool for thousands of years. In the context of the scientific and policy debate surrounding potential climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, the importance of the impact of relatively recent state fire-exclusion policies on fire regimes has been debated. To provide empirical evidence to this ongoing debate we examine the impacts of state fire-exclusion policies in the chestnut forest ecosystems of two geographically neighbouring municipalities in central Spain, Casillas and Rozas de Puerto Real. Extending the concept of 'Traditional Ecological Knowledge' to include the use of fire as a management tool as 'Traditional Fire Knowledge' (TFK), we take a mixed-methods and interdisciplinary approach to argue that currently observed differences between the municipalities are useful for considering the characteristics of "pre-industrial anthropogenic fire regimes" and their impact on chestnut forest ecosystems. We do this by examining how responses from interviews and questionnaire surveys of local inhabitants about TFK in the past and present correspond to the current biophysical landscape state and recent fire activity (based on data from dendrochronological analysis, aerial photography and official fire statistics). We then discuss the broader implications of TFK decline for future fire management policies across Europe particularly in light of the published results of the EU sponsored Fire Paradox research project. In locations where TFK-based "pre-industrial anthropogenic fire regimes" still exist, ecosystem management strategies for adaptation and mitigation to climate change could be conceivably implemented at a minimal economic and political cost to the state by local communities that have both the TFK and the adequate social, economic and cultural incentives to use it. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
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