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...

• Main Author: Sanz, V. (author)
• Other Authors: Seijo, F. (author), Sang�esa-Barreda, G. (author), García-Serrano, F. (author), Lozano Mendoza, J. (author), Julio Camarero, J. (author), Millington, J. (author), Gray, R. (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Chestnut forest ecosystems; Fire exclusion policies; Fire paradox; Traditional ecological knowledge; Traditional fire knowledge
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.03.006; http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/19015