More information Recommended citation: Cristina Montiel and Daniel Kraus (editors). 2010. Best Practices of Fire Use – Prescribed Burning and Suppression Fire Programmes in Selected Case-Study Regions
More information Recommended citation: Joaquim Sande Silva, Francisco Rego, Paulo Fernandes and Eric Rigolot (editors). 2010. Towards Integrated Fire Management – Outcomes of the European Project Fire
European forests are affected by different disturbances. They range from pests and insect damages to megafires and transnational storm events and can have profound impacts on forest ecosystem services
The low social awareness regarding the exposure to fire risk combined with the reduced individual capacity to prevent and face emergencies increase both social vulnerability and the cost of civil
More information The Discussion Paper is divided into four sections. The first one presents some statistical figures on wildfire and underlines the trends. The second section deals with two basic
