Conservation opportunities and challenges in Brazil's roadless and railroad-less areas

TR Tisler, FZ Teixeira, RAA Nóbrega - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Policy and legislation rarely acknowledge the importance of kee** intact ecosystems road-
and railroad-free. By modeling Brazil's remaining roadless and railroad-less (RLRL) areas …

How much wilderness is left? A roadless approach under the Global and the European Biodiversity Strategy focusing on Greece

V Kati, M Petridou, O Tzortzakaki, E Papantoniou… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Preserving ecosystems of high ecological integrity is a crucial target in Biodiversity
Strategies, also serving the 10% target of strict land protection in the European Union (EU) …

Human and climatic influences on wildfires ignited by recreational activities in national forests in Washington, Oregon, and California

JS Jenkins, JT Abatzoglou, DE Rupp… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract In Washington, Oregon, and California, ignitions from recreational activities
accounted for 12% of human-caused wildfires, and 8% of the area burned, from 1992–2020 …

Socially vulnerable US Pacific Northwest communities are more likely to experience wildfires

C Reilley, CJ Dunn, MS Crandall… - Environmental Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantitative wildfire risk assessments increasingly are used to prioritize areas for
investments in wildfire risk mitigation actions. However, current assessments of wildfire risk …

Quantifying drivers of change in social-ecological systems: land management impacts wildfire probability in forests of the western US

KJ Siegel, L Larsen, C Stephens, W Stewart… - Regional Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Sustainable management of complex social-ecological systems depends on understanding
the effects of different drivers of change, but disentangling these effects poses a challenge …

Effects of ownership patterns on cross-boundary wildfires

AMG Barros, MA Day, TA Spies, AA Ager - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding ownership effects on large wildfires is a precursor to the development of risk
governance strategies that better protect people and property and restore fire-adapted …

[HTML][HTML] A Large-Scale Inter-Comparison and Evaluation of Spatial Feature Engineering Strategies for Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation Using Landsat …

JB Kilbride, RE Kennedy - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Aboveground biomass (AGB) estimates derived from Landsat's spectral bands are limited by
spectral saturation when AGB densities exceed 150–300 Mg ha− 1. Statistical features that …

Stranded land constrains public land management and contributes to larger fires

B Leonard, AJ Plantinga… - Environmental Research …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Wildfire activity in the western United States has been increasing since the 1970s, with many
fires occurring on land managed by government agencies. Over six million acres of public …