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A Practical Guide to Managing Invasive Alien Plants

Invasive alien plants are one of the biggest threats to the health of our strategic water source areas, thus jeopardising further water supply, and the biodiversity therein. They cause harm to the environment, the economy and even human health. Managing invasive alien...

Structural Triage in the WUI Incident

An article by Rich Cowger - chief of Columbus (Mont.) Fire Rescue FireRescue Magazine Volume 7, Issue 6 | this blog was originally shared by wildlandfirefighter.comCategorising 'patients', or structures In a recent article, I reviewed the concept of...

Governing Wildfire – A Global Inquiry

An article by Harrison Raine This article was originally published in 2020 on the International Association of Wildland Fire website. Genesis of a journey November 8th, 2018 marks a tragic moment in California history. In the midst of calamity from a midnight...

Experts warn of the urgency of controlling acacia, plants that “are born to burn”

Author: MARGARIDA DAVID CARDOSO Control of the invasive species "would greatly reduce the risk of fire in Portugal" and would bring gains in species diversity. They are distinguished by yellow flowers, which create long patches of vegetation common on...

“Fire is everyone’s fight”

As the world heats up, we can expect more unwanted wildfires warn the experts. The world is getting hotter and drier and there are more wildfires than there have ever been. All over the world, from Portugal to California, Mexico, Australia, Indonesia and South...