TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Active governance of agro-pastoral, forest and protected areas mitigates wildfire impacts in Italy
JO  - Science of the total environment
A1  - Spadoni, Gian Luca
A1  - Moris, Jose V.
A1  - Vacchiano, Giorgio
A1  - Elia, Mario
A1  - Garbarino, Matteo
A1  - Sibona, Emanuele
A1  - Tomao, Antonio
A1  - Barbati, Anna
A1  - Sallustio, Lorenzo
A1  - Salvati, Luca
A1  - Ferrara, Carlotta
A1  - Francini, Saverio
A1  - Bonis, Enrico
A1  - Dalla Vecchia, Ilaria
A1  - Strollo, Andrea
A1  - Di Leginio, Marco
A1  - Munafò, Michele
A1  - Chirici, Gherardo
A1  - Romano, Raoul
A1  - Corona, Piermaria
A1  - Marchetti, Marco
A1  - Brunori, Antonio
A1  - Motta, Renzo
A1  - Ascoli, Davide
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Wildfire regimes affected by global change have been the cause of major concern in recent years. Both direct prevention (e.g., fuel management planning) and land governance strategies (e.g., agroforestry development) can have an indirect regulatory effect on wildfires. Herein, we tested the hypothesis that active land planning and management in Italy have mitigated wildfire impacts in terms of loss of ecosystem services and forest cover, and burned wildland-urban interface, from 2007 to 2017. At the national scale, we assessed the effect size of major potential fire drivers such as climate, weather, flammability, socio-economic descriptors, land use changes, and proxies for land governance (e.g., European funds for rural development, investments in sustainable forest management, agro-pastoral activities), including potential interactions, on fire-related impacts via Random Forest modelling and Generalized Additive Mixed Model. Agro-forest districts (i.e., aggregations of neighbouring municipalities with homogeneous forest and agricultural characteristics) were used as spatial units of analysis. Our results confirm that territories with more active land governance show lower wildfire impacts, even under severe flammability and climatic conditions. This study supports current regional, national, and European strategies towards "fire resistant and resilient landscapes" by fostering agro-forestry, rural development, and nature conservation integrated policies.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0048-9697
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164281
ID  - ref1
ER  -