Mediterranean agriculture has coevolved with harsh environments and changing climate
conditions over millennia, generating an extremely rich heritage of traditional knowledge; …

Highlights•Normative positions are increasingly required of sustainability science.•Land
system science is well placed to engage in normative discussions being a systemic science …

Abstract In the western United States and elsewhere, the need to change society's
relationship with wildfire is well-recognized. Suppressing fewer fires in fire-prone systems is …

Southern European countries rely largely on fire suppression and ignition prevention to
manage a growing wildfire problem. We explored a more wholistic, long-term approach …

There is a broad consensus in the academic and policy communities over the need to shift
the focus from fire suppression to fire prevention. To inform policies that effectively promote …

Background Rural and semi-rural areas are complex and dynamic social-ecological
systems, many of which have experienced profound impacts from wildland fires, particularly …

Fire regimes are shifting or are expected to do so under global change. Current fire
suppression is not able to control all wildfires, and its capability to do so might be …

Climate change is expected to increase the number of days with meteorological conditions
conducive to uncontrollable wildfires. Thus, it is necessary to strengthen the capacity of …

A solution to the growing problem of catastrophic wildfires in Greece will require a more
holistic fuel management strategy that focuses more broadly on landscape fire behavior and …

The crisis in traditional forest and farming activities that began in the second half of the 20th
century has given way to a new territorial structure, characterised by greater forest density …