Announcements

We are delighted to share some papers on fire danger and landscape ecology research that were published in our journal Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2023 and 2024. In addition, some Special Issues related to this topic are currently open for submission.

The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you:

1. “Environmental Forest Fire Danger Rating Systems and Indices around the Globe: A Review”
by Ioannis Zacharakis and Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis
Land 2023, 12(1), 194; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010194
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010194

2. “Object- Versus Pixel-Based Unsupervised Fire Burn Scar Mapping under Different Biogeographical Conditions in Europe”
by Marta Milczarek, Sebastian Aleksandrowicz, Afroditi Kita, Rizos-Theodoros Chadoulis, Ioannis Manakos and Edyta Woźniak
Land 2023, 12(5), 1087; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051087
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051087

3. “An Enhanced Algorithm for Active Fire Detection in Croplands Using Landsat-8 OLI Data”
by Yizhu Jiang, Jinling Kong, Yanling Zhong, Qiutong Zhang and Jingya Zhang
Land 2023, 12(6), 1246; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061246
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/6/1246

4. “Vegetation Fires in the Lubumbashi Charcoal Production Basin (The Democratic Republic of the Congo): Drivers, Extent and Spatiotemporal Dynamics”
by Yannick Useni Sikuzani, Médard Mpanda Mukenza, Héritier Khoji Muteya, Nadège Cirezi Cizungu, François Malaisse and Jan Bogaert
Land 2023, 12(12), 2171; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122171
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122171

5. ‘Mapping Firescapes for Wild and Prescribed Fire Management: A Landscape Classification Approach”
by Nicholas P. Gould, Lars Y. Pomara, Sandhya Nepal, Scott L. Goodrick and Danny C. Lee
Land 2023, 12(12), 2180; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122180
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/12/2180

6. “A Geospatial Approach to Identify and Evaluate Ecological Restoration Sites in Post-Fire Landscapes”
by Stefanos Dosis, George P. Petropoulos and Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos
Land 2023, 12(12), 2183; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122183
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/12/2183

7. “How Mediterranean Ecosystem Deals with Wildfire Impact on Soil Ecosystem Services and Functions: A Review”
by Marcos Francos, Fernando Colino-Prieto and Carlos Sánchez-García
Land 2024, 13(4), 407; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040407
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/4/407

8. “Farm Household Vulnerability Due to Land and Forest Fire in Peatland Areas in South Sumatra”
by Muhammad Yazid, Dessy Adriani, Riswani and Dini Damayanthy
Land 2024, 13(5), 642; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050642
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/5/642

9. “Exploring Drivers of Wildfires in Spain”
by Rasheed Akinleye Hammed, Gbenga Lawrence Alawode, Laura E. Montoya, Andrey Krasovskiy and Florian Kraxner
Land 2024, 13(6), 762; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060762
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/6/762

10. “Urban Fire Risk Dynamics and Mitigation Strategies in Shanghai: Integrating Spatial Analysis and Game Theory”
by Manqing Yao, Deshun Zhang, Yingying Chen, Yujia Liu and Mohamed Elsadek
Land 2024, 13(8), 1125; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081125
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/8/1125

11. “Through Smoke to Policy: Framing the EU Forest Fire Policy Landscape”
by Filip Aggestam
Land 2024, 13(9), 1450; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091450
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/9/1450

12. “Fire Detection with Deep Learning: A Comprehensive Review”
by Rodrigo N. Vasconcelos, Washington J. S. Franca Rocha, Diego P. Costa, Soltan G. Duverger, Mariana M. M. de Santana, Elaine C. B. Cambui, Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira, Mariana Oliveira, Leonardo da Silva Barbosa and Carlos Leandro Cordeiro
Land 2024, 13(10), 1696; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101696
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101696

13. “Continuous Monitoring of Soil Respiration After a Prescribed Fire: Seasonal Variations in CO₂ Efflux”
by María C. Romero-Toribio, Elena Angulo, Ramón C. Soriguer, Javier Madrigal, Francisco Senra-Rivero, Xim Cerdá and Joaquín Cobos
Land 2024, 13(10), 1706; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101706
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101706

14. “Comparative Study of Random Forest and Support Vector Machine for Land Cover Classification and Post-Wildfire Change Detection”
by Yan-Cheng Tan, Lia Duarte and Ana Cláudia Teodoro
Land 2024, 13(11), 1878; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13111878
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land13111878

15. “Assessing the Post-Fire Recovery of Mined-Under Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone”
by Monia Anzooman, Phill B. McKenna, Natasha Ufer, Thomas Baumgartl, Neil McIntyre and Mandana Shaygan
Land 2024, 13(12), 2253; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122253
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2253

Special Issues:
“Postfire Runoff and Erosion in Forests: Assessment and Management”
Guest Editors: Misagh Parhizkar and Pietro Denisi
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025

“Forest Ecosystems Under Climate Pressure: Protection, Fire Management and Socio-Economic Dimensions”
Guest Editors: Olga Christopoulou, Stergios Tampekis, Stavros Sakellariou and Fani Samara
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025

“Land Use, Heritage and Ecosystem Services”
Guest Editors: Gustavo Ballesteros-Pelegrín, Carlos Sánchez-García, Marcos Francos and Daniel Ibarra Marinas
Submission deadline: 30 November 2025