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The worldwide 'wildfire' problem is headlined by the loss of human lives and homes, but it applies generally to any adverse effects of unplanned fires, as events or regimes, on a wide range of environmental, social, and economic assets. The problem is complex and contingent,…
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Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Prescribed Fire, Economics, Fuels, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire control, fire damage (property), fire intensity, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, firebrands, flame length, lightning caused fires, prescribed fires (escaped), rate of spread, wildfires, air quality, mortality, species diversity (plants), succession, fire management, forest management, fuel management, smoke management, adaptation, asset, biodiversity, disaster, fire management, fire regime, human fatality, policy
In recent years, bushfires and prescribed burns have caused substantial economic loss to the wine industry due to smoke taint, which makes wine unpalatable. Considerable research is being done to ameliorate smoke taint but the information available about the effect of smoke on…
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Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, International
Keywords: smoke effects, wildfires, agriculture, gases, leaves, litter, photosynthesis, statistical analysis, transpiration, Australia, fire management, land management, smoke management, bushfire, gas exchange, stomatal conductance, transpiration, physiology, grapevines
Pricing greenhouse gas emissions is a burgeoning and possibly lucrative financial means for climate change mitigation. Emissions pricing is being used to fund emissions-abatement technologies and to modify land management to improve carbon sequestration and retention. Here we…
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Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, animals, carbon sequestration, greenhouse gases, invasive species, livestock, planting, regrowth, Australia, C - carbon, stocking, carbon tax, fire regimes, wildfires, air quality, grazing, plant growth, animal species diversity, plants species diversity, wildlife, fire management, forest management, land management
Estimating the economic benefits of reduced health damages due to improvements in environmental quality continues to challenge economists. We review welfare measures associated with reduced wildfire smoke exposure, and a unique dataset from California's Station Fire of 2009…
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Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): California
Keywords: smoke exposure, health effects, willingness-to-pay, cost of illness, morbidity
Presentation by Matt Zine, Conservation Biologist with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Recorded at the 2013 Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Regional Fire Conference in Dubuque, Iowa.
Person: Zine
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: invasive plants, Wisconsin, fire suppression effects
We determined the difference in carbon (C) stocks and C emissions between treated and untreated ponderosa pine stands over 100 years on the Apache and Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona, USA, under assumed treatment scenarios, wildfire frequency, and annual percentage of area…
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Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): Southwest
Keywords: fire frequency, fuel reduction treatments, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, area burned, Arizona, carbon stock, wood products, reversal risk ratings, carbon credit, fire hazard reduction, fire regimes, C - carbon, national forests, thinning, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, Arizona, fire management, forest management, coniferous forests