The recent wildfire seasons have been a glimpse of what to expect in the future: deadly mega-fires in Mediterranean regions and high fire activity in temperate and boreal areas outside the typical Spring fire season. We cannot solve this challenge with the old mono-disciplinary approach of fire suppression: there is a critical need to change fire management from fire resistance to landscape resilience: Living with Fire. This requires a new type of diverse experts, who not only understand fire, but who are also able to communicate risks, deal with uncertainty, and link scientific disciplines as well as science and practice. […]
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Judith Kirschner‘in bir blog yazısı Kıbrıs bugüne kadar kitlesel ölümlere yol açan trajik orman yangınlarından korunmuştur, ancak sosyal, çevresel ve iklimsel değişimler gelecekte orman yangını yönetimini daha da zorlaştıracaktır. Üst düzey orman yangını raporlarının incelenmesinden elde edilen beş tema, devlet kurumları, karar vericiler ve halk için orman yangınlarına hazırlığı iyileştirme fırsatları sunmaktadır. Ortamın hazırlanması: Kıbrıs’ta orman yangınları Kıbrıs’ın orman yangınlarına karşı daha hazırlıklı olması için bir vizyon var mı? Orman yangını artık birçok benzer yerde kaçınılmaz olarak kabul edilen bir olgudur, yani soru yangın olacak mı değil, ne zaman ve nasıl olacaktır. Bu nedenle orman yangınıyla bir arada yaşamak, orman […]
Μια ανάρτηση ιστολογίου από την Judith Kirschner Η Κύπρος έχει γλιτώσει μέχρι σήμερα από τραγικές πυρκαγιές με μαζικές απώλειες, αλλά οι κοινωνικές, περιβαλλοντικές και κλιματικές αλλαγές θα καταστήσουν τη διαχείριση των πυρκαγιών πιο δύσκολη στο μέλλον. Πέντε θέματα από την ανασκόπηση των εκθέσεων υψηλού επιπέδου για τις πυρκαγιές παρουσιάζουν ευκαιρίες για τις κρατικές υπηρεσίες, τους φορείς λήψης αποφάσεων και το κοινό να βελτιώσουν την ετοιμότητα για τις πυρκαγιές. Καθορισμός του σκηνικού: πυρκαγιές στην Κύπρο Υπάρχει όραμα για την καλύτερη προετοιμασία της Κύπρου για τις πυρκαγιές; Οι πυρκαγιές είναι ένα φαινόμενο που αναγνωρίζεται πλέον ως αναπόφευκτο σε πολλά παρόμοια μέρη, πράγμα […]
A blog post by Judith Kirschner Cyprus has to date been spared from tragic mass-casualty wildfires, but social, environmental, and climatic change will make wildfire management more challenging in the future. Five themes from a review of high-level wildfire reports present opportunities for state agencies, decision-makers and the public alike to improve wildfire preparedness. Setting the scene: wildfires in Cyprus Is there a vision for Cyprus to be better prepared for wildfire? Wildfire is a phenomenon that is now recognised as inevitable in many similar places, meaning that the question is not if it will burn, but rather when and […]
A blog post by Carmen Rodríguez The wildfire problem: do we really know what it is? It is not very difficult to justify the importance of wildfire research. It is rather easy to resort to some statistics about the large burned areas or devastating effects of fire in different countries around the world, such as Chile, Canada, the US, Portugal or Greece. Also, often the images speak for themselves. And when not, maps of burned areas or testimonies of survivors do the rest. Our recently published research, however, takes a slightly different starting point. It reflects upon the very nature […]