Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail
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Resumo: | Rewilding has been proposed as an opportunity for biodiversity conservation in abandoned landscapes. However, rewilding is challenged by the increasing fire risk associated with more flammable landscapes, and the loss of open-habitat specialist species. Contrastingly, supporting High Nature Value farmlands (HNVf) has been also highlighted as a valuable option, but the effective implementation of agricultural policies often fails leading to uncertain scenarios wherein the effects of wildfire management remain largely unexplored. Herein, we simulated fire-landscape dynamics to evaluate howfire suppression scenarios affect fire regime and biodiversity (102 species of vertebrates) under rewilding and HNVf policies in the future (2050), in a transnational biosphere reserve (Gerês-Xurés Mountains, Portugal-Spain). Rewilding and HNVf scenarios were modulated by three different levels of fire suppression effectiveness. Then, we quantified scenario effects on fire regime (burned and suppressed areas) and biodiversity (habitat suitability change for 2050). Simulations confirm HNVf as a longterm opportunity for fire suppression (up to 30,000 ha of additional suppressed areas between 2031 and 2050 in comparison to rewilding scenario) and for conservation (benefiting around 60% of species). Rewilding benefits some species (20%), including critically endangered, vulnerable and endemic taxa, while several species (33%) also profit from open habitats created by fire. Although HNVf remains the best scenario, rewilding reinforced by low fire suppression management may provide a nature-based solution when societal support through agricultural policies fails |
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Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies failbiodiversity conservationhigh nature value farmlandsland useSouthern EuropewildfiresRewilding has been proposed as an opportunity for biodiversity conservation in abandoned landscapes. However, rewilding is challenged by the increasing fire risk associated with more flammable landscapes, and the loss of open-habitat specialist species. Contrastingly, supporting High Nature Value farmlands (HNVf) has been also highlighted as a valuable option, but the effective implementation of agricultural policies often fails leading to uncertain scenarios wherein the effects of wildfire management remain largely unexplored. Herein, we simulated fire-landscape dynamics to evaluate howfire suppression scenarios affect fire regime and biodiversity (102 species of vertebrates) under rewilding and HNVf policies in the future (2050), in a transnational biosphere reserve (Gerês-Xurés Mountains, Portugal-Spain). Rewilding and HNVf scenarios were modulated by three different levels of fire suppression effectiveness. Then, we quantified scenario effects on fire regime (burned and suppressed areas) and biodiversity (habitat suitability change for 2050). Simulations confirm HNVf as a longterm opportunity for fire suppression (up to 30,000 ha of additional suppressed areas between 2031 and 2050 in comparison to rewilding scenario) and for conservation (benefiting around 60% of species). Rewilding benefits some species (20%), including critically endangered, vulnerable and endemic taxa, while several species (33%) also profit from open habitats created by fire. Although HNVf remains the best scenario, rewilding reinforced by low fire suppression management may provide a nature-based solution when societal support through agricultural policies failsElsevierRepositório da Universidade de LisboaCampos, João C.Bernhardt, JuliaAquilué, NúriaBrotons, LluisDominguez, JesusLomba, AngelaMarcos, BrunoMartinez-Freiria, FernandoMoreira, FranciscoPais, SilvanaHonrado, João P.Regos, Adrian2020-11-02T11:19:06Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20533engJ.C. Campos, J. Bernhardt, N. Aquilué, et al., Using fire to enhance rewildingwhen agricultural policies fail, Science of the Total Environmenthttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142897info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:49:56Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/20533Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:05:14.610177Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail |
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Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail |
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Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail Campos, João C. biodiversity conservation high nature value farmlands land use Southern Europe wildfires |
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Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail |
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Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail |
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Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail |
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Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail |
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Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail |
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Campos, João C. |
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Campos, João C. Bernhardt, Julia Aquilué, Núria Brotons, Lluis Dominguez, Jesus Lomba, Angela Marcos, Bruno Martinez-Freiria, Fernando Moreira, Francisco Pais, Silvana Honrado, João P. Regos, Adrian |
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Bernhardt, Julia Aquilué, Núria Brotons, Lluis Dominguez, Jesus Lomba, Angela Marcos, Bruno Martinez-Freiria, Fernando Moreira, Francisco Pais, Silvana Honrado, João P. Regos, Adrian |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Campos, João C. Bernhardt, Julia Aquilué, Núria Brotons, Lluis Dominguez, Jesus Lomba, Angela Marcos, Bruno Martinez-Freiria, Fernando Moreira, Francisco Pais, Silvana Honrado, João P. Regos, Adrian |
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biodiversity conservation high nature value farmlands land use Southern Europe wildfires |
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biodiversity conservation high nature value farmlands land use Southern Europe wildfires |
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Rewilding has been proposed as an opportunity for biodiversity conservation in abandoned landscapes. However, rewilding is challenged by the increasing fire risk associated with more flammable landscapes, and the loss of open-habitat specialist species. Contrastingly, supporting High Nature Value farmlands (HNVf) has been also highlighted as a valuable option, but the effective implementation of agricultural policies often fails leading to uncertain scenarios wherein the effects of wildfire management remain largely unexplored. Herein, we simulated fire-landscape dynamics to evaluate howfire suppression scenarios affect fire regime and biodiversity (102 species of vertebrates) under rewilding and HNVf policies in the future (2050), in a transnational biosphere reserve (Gerês-Xurés Mountains, Portugal-Spain). Rewilding and HNVf scenarios were modulated by three different levels of fire suppression effectiveness. Then, we quantified scenario effects on fire regime (burned and suppressed areas) and biodiversity (habitat suitability change for 2050). Simulations confirm HNVf as a longterm opportunity for fire suppression (up to 30,000 ha of additional suppressed areas between 2031 and 2050 in comparison to rewilding scenario) and for conservation (benefiting around 60% of species). Rewilding benefits some species (20%), including critically endangered, vulnerable and endemic taxa, while several species (33%) also profit from open habitats created by fire. Although HNVf remains the best scenario, rewilding reinforced by low fire suppression management may provide a nature-based solution when societal support through agricultural policies fails |
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