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Dopo più di un anno di restrizioni ai viaggi, riunioni online e networking virtuale, Kathleen Uyttewaal (contesti sociali locali per la gestione adattativa del fuoco) e Judith Kirschner (governance resiliente al fuoco) hanno avuto l’opportunità di fare un’escursione nella regione di Toscana in Italia. Durante i tre giorni, hanno visitato progetti locali sulla preparazione agli incendi boschivi, condotto interviste con delle persone interessate e coinvolte e visitato La Pineta, l’unico centro di formazione italiano incentrato sulla gestione operativa degli incendi, sull’analisi degli incendi e sull’incendio prescritto. Questa connessione è stata resa possibile grazie agli anni di scambi di conoscenze e alle […]
After more than a year of travel restrictions, online meetings and virtual networking, Kathleen Uyttewaal (local social contexts for adaptive fire management) and Judith Kirschner (fire resilient governance) had the opportunity for a field excursion to Tuscany, Italy. During three days, they visited local projects on wildfire preparedness, conducted interviews with stakeholders, and visited La Pineta, Italy’s only training center focused on operational wildfire management, fire analysis and prescribed burning. This connection was made possible thanks to the years of knowledge exchanges and close relationships maintained between the Regione Toscana, the Pau Costa Foundation and, more recently, the PyroLife network. […]
Indigenous fire management: Lessons and challenges for constructing new fire management paradigms with an intercultural vision By Kathleen Uyttewaal In October’s edition of the PyroLife Webinars, we were joined by Professor Bibiana Bilbao, from the Environmental Studies Department at Universidad Simón Bolivar, Venezuela. We are privileged in PyroLife to have listened to Indigenous fire management approaches from First Nations and Australian Aboriginal perspectives, and there is an endless diversity of Indigenous knowledges and geographies. Bibiana illustrated a case of Indigenous fire management in South America with Pemón communities in Venezuela, sharing lessons and challenges for constructing a new fire management […]
By Pooja Pandey and Judith Kirschner, PyroLife ITN Early Stage Researchers at European University Cyprus (advisor: Prof George Boustras) “Pure hell”, “worst ever”, “most destructive” are some of the most common phrases used by the media for one of the biggest wildfires in Cyprus, which started on Saturday, the 3rd of July in the Limassol district near the village of Arakapas, consuming everything on its way from thick gnarled trunks of ancient olive trees, to houses and farms, leaving behind smouldering stumps and a charred landscape. Officials say the blaze was fanned by strong winds, sweeping at least 10 communities […]