Living on a flammable planet: interdisciplinary, crossscalar and varied cultural lessons, prospects and challenges
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Abstract
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.
This article is part of the themed issue ‘The interaction of fire and mankind’.
This article is part of the themed issue ‘The interaction of fire and mankind’.
Bibliographical metadata
Original language | English |
---|---|
Journal | Philosophical Transactions Royal Society B |
Volume | 371 |
Issue number | 1696 |
Early online date | 23 May 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Jun 2016 |
Event | The Interaction of Fire and Mankind: Further discussion satellite meeting - Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell, United Kingdom Event duration: 16 Sep 2015 → 17 Sep 2015 https://royalsociety.org/events/2015/09/fire-and-mankind-sm/ |
Related information
Publications
Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee