Ecological Monitoring and Forest Fire Prevention
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Hazards and Risk Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 96
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ground penetrating radar (GPR); forest fire prevention; non-destructive testing; AI application; data analysis; pattern recognition
Interests: sensors and monitoring technologies; forest image recognition; YOLO model; forest parameter detection
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Escalating wildfire activity—driven by climate change, land-use pressures, and expanding wildland–urban interfaces—poses an unprecedented threat to forest ecosystems and the communities that depend on them. This Special Issue seeks contributions that advance our ability to detect, analyze, and mitigate forest fires across spatial and temporal scales. We welcome original research and critical reviews that integrate cutting‑edge monitoring technologies—such as multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing, UAV‑borne sensors, Internet‑of‑Things (IoT) networks, and machine learning analytics—with ecological knowledge to quantify fuel dynamics, fire behavior, and post‑fire recovery. Equally important are studies that translate monitoring insights into proactive prevention: fuel-management planning, early-warning systems, community-based risk reduction, and policy frameworks that enhance forest resilience while safeguarding biodiversity, carbon stocks, and human health. By bridging disciplinary boundaries—from ecology and climatology to data science, economics, and social sciences—this Special Issue aims to chart actionable pathways for reducing wildfire impacts under a rapidly changing climate. We invite submissions that highlight innovative methodologies, interdisciplinary case studies, and forward-looking strategies that collectively move the needle from reactive firefighting toward anticipatory, ecosystem-centered fire governance.
Submitted manuscripts must be original contributions, not previously published or submitted to other journals.
Dr. Hao Liang
Prof. Dr. Yili Zheng
Dr. Luis Ángel Ruiz Fernández
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forests is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- forest fire prevention
- remote sensing
- early-warning systems
- fuel management
- machine learning models
- climate change adaptation
- bio-diversity conservation
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