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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Living on a flammable planet: Interdisciplinary, cross-scalar and varied cultural lessons, prospects and challenges
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 371, No. 1696, Article 20150469, Year 2016
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Living with fire is a challenge for human communities because they are influenced by socio-economic, political, ecological and climatic processes at various spatial and temporal scales. Over the course of 2 days, the authors discussed how communities could live with fire challenges at local, national and transnational scales. Exploiting our diverse, international and interdisciplinary expertise, we outline generalizable properties of fire-adaptive communities in varied settings where cultural knowledge of fire is rich and diverse. At the national scale, we discussed policy and management challenges for countries that have diminishing fire knowledge, but for whom global climate change will bring new fire problems. Finally, we assessed major fire challenges that transcend national political boundaries, including the health burden of smoke plumes and the climate consequences of wildfires. It is clear that to best address the broad range of fire problems, a holistic wildfire scholarship must develop common agreement in working terms and build across disciplines. We must also communicate our understanding of fire and its importance to the media, politicians and the general public. © 2016 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Roos, Christopher I.
United States, Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Scott, Andrew C.
United Kingdom, Egham
Royal Holloway, University of London
Belcher, Claire M.
United Kingdom, Exeter
University of Exeter
Bird, Rebecca Bliege
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Steelman, Toddi A.
Canada, Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Archibald, Sally
Unknown Affiliation
Balch, Jennifer Kakareka
Unknown Affiliation
Beerling, David J.
Unknown Affiliation
Bond, William J.
Unknown Affiliation
Bowman, David M.J.S.
Unknown Affiliation
Doerr, Stefan H.
Unknown Affiliation
Hadden, Rory Miles
Unknown Affiliation
Kettridge, Nicholas
Unknown Affiliation
Millington, James D.A.
Unknown Affiliation
Page, Susan Elizabeth
Unknown Affiliation
Power, Mitchell J.
Unknown Affiliation
Santín, Cristina
Unknown Affiliation
Wooster, Martin J.
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 42
Authors: 18
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1098/rstb.2015.0469
ISSN:
09628436
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy