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Fire in sacred groves and wildlife reserves: the case of the boabeng-fiema monkey sanctuary

Nsiah-Gyabaah
From the text... "This paper examines the pressures that lead to reduction of biodiversity especially the threat of wildfire to environmental resources, how indigenous people in Ghana protect vital environmental resources through culture, religion…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

How agencies can achieve fire management objectives while protecting cultural resources: a look at the southwest

Lissoway
The rejuvenating effects of natural fires prior to 1900 in Southwestern forest communities have been replaced by recent, unprecedented crownfires. These wildfires have given rise to planned expansion of management fire as a tool for ecosystem…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Pre-Columbian Native American use of fire on southern Appalachian landscapes

Delcourt, Delcourt
Fire suppression in the southern Appalachians is widely considered responsible for decreased regeneration in oak (Quercus) and fire-adapted species such as table mountain pine (Pinus rigida) and pitch pine (Pinus pungens) (Barden & Woods 1976;…
Type: Document
Year: 1997

Pre-Columbian Native American use of fire on southern Appalachian landscapes

Delcourt, Delcourt
We evaluated the importance of pre-Columbian human impacts on vegetation of the southern Appalachian highlands by comparing the fossil pollen and charcoal-particle record preserved in peat deposited during the past 3900 calendar years in Horse Cove…
Type: Document
Year: 1997