Living with Forest Fire: Fire Ecology, Regimes and Management
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Hazards and Risk Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 241
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fire ecology; regeneration strategies; woody species; soil seed banks
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Interests: wildland fire science; combustion and fire behavior; quantitative fire ecology; smoke and carbon emissions; fire management; fire policy; culture and place in forest stewardship
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is driving unprecedented increases in the frequency, magnitude, and severity of wildfires worldwide. Forest ecosystem management often faces a perceived dichotomy: fire as either destructive or beneficial. Integrating fire management with traditional ecological knowledge offers a promising approach for coexisting with fire, using it sustainably to provide ecosystem services and prevent catastrophic wildfires. Using prescribed burning to reduce excessive fuel accumulation is currently regarded as a key strategy to address climate-related wildfire risks. For millennia, Indigenous communities have practiced place-based fire management, offering valuable insights for restoring natural fire regimes in landscapes altered beyond historical variability. This Special Issue, Living with Forest Fire: Fire Ecology, Regimes and Management, will foster discussion on these challenges and opportunities, share advances and case studies, and explore how science, technology, and international cooperation can mitigate the risks of large-scale wildfires threatening both people and nature.
Dr. Sandra Josefina Bravo
Dr. Ernesto Alvarado
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wildfires
- fire regimes
- fire ecology
- integrated fire management
- traditional fire knowledges
- fire mitigation
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