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Traditional ecological knowledge, perceptions and practices on insect pollinator conservation: A case of the smallholder farmers in Murundu ward of Mufulira mining district of Zambia
Insect pollination plays a pivotal role in ensuring agricultural sustainability within tropical agrarian communities. Insect-pollinated crops...
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A visual knowledge map analysis of mine fire research based on CiteSpace
Mine fire has always been a serious disaster in coal industry; many academic achievements have poured out in the past two decades for solving this...
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Climate change, traditional ecological knowledge, and riverine biodiversity conservation: a case in Aklan, Central Philippines
We framed climate change (CC) discourse through its disruptions to local culture and livelihood in a subsistence riverine fishing community in...
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Towards enhanced climate change adaptation: using traditional ecological knowledge to understand the environmental effects of urban growth in Abuja, Nigeria
Urbanization is a major source of anthropogenic effects on climate change (CC) and has attracted substantial research interest. However, previous...
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Knowledge systems approaches for enhancing project impacts in complex settings: community fire management and peatland restoration in Indonesia
Knowledge systems approaches for enhancing the impact of research are well established and tend to focus on the ways in which researchers can adapt...
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Wildfires as legacies of agropastoral abandonment: Gendered litter raking and managed burning as historic fire prevention practices in the Monte Pisano of Italy
Agropastoral practices that historically reduced the flammability of Mediterranean landscapes are poorly understood due to state prohibitions and...
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Factors influencing fire accidents in urban complexes: a combined DEMATEL and ISM study
Fire outbreaks in urban complexes are a major safety concern worldwide. Therefore, this study aims to examine the critical factors that influence...
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What is a fire resilient landscape? Towards an integrated definition
The concept of fire resilience has become increasingly relevant as society looks to understand and respond to recent wildfire events. In particular,...
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Research progress and visualization of underground coal fire detection methods
Underground coal fires are a widespread disaster prevailing in major coal-producing countries globally, posing serious threats to the ecological...
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Integrating Long term Satellite Data and Machine Learning to Spatiotemporal Fire Analysis in Hour al Azim International Wetland
Fire destroys annually thousands of hectares of Hour al Azim wetland, and changes the biological diversity and socio-economic value of this wetland....
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Centering Indigenous Voices: The Role of Fire in the Boreal Forest of North America
Purpose of ReviewIndigenous perspectives have often been overlooked in fire management in North America. With a focus on the boreal region of North...
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Is Mainstreaming Traditional Knowledge a Bridge for Climate Policy for Adaptation: The Ghana Case
Mainstreaming adaptation is adding formulated strategies to current policies and programs to address climate concerns. Mainstreaming has been... -
Climate change is narrowing and shifting prescribed fire windows in western United States
Escalating wildfire activity in the western United States has accelerated adverse societal impacts. Observed increases in wildfire severity and...
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Uplifting local ecological knowledge as part of adaptation pathways to wildfire risk reduction: A case study in Montseny, Catalonia (Spain)
Living with wildfires in an era of climate change requires adaptation and weaving together many forms of knowledge. Empirical evidence of knowledge...
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In temperate Europe, fire is already here: The case of The Netherlands
Landscape fires are usually not associated with temperate Europe, yet not all temperate countries record statistics indicating that actual risks...
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A Review on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Its Role in Natural Resources Management: North East India, a Cultural Paradise
Sustainable management of natural resources plays a critical role in poverty alleviation and overall socio-economic development. North East (NE)...
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Transforming fire governance in British Columbia, Canada: an emerging vision for coexisting with fire
The dominant command and control fire governance paradigm is proven ineffective at co** with modern wildfire challenges. In response, jurisdictions...
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Sustainable Architecture Techniques in Albanian Traditional Houses
The composition of an architectural space reflects the manner of life and culture of a society. In addition to building actual structures, architects... -
Hydrogel use in burn therapy, thermal management, wastewater treatment and fire fighting: a review
Hydrogels are 3-dimensional polymeric networks with unique properties of high flexibility and high water content, and are thus advanced materials for...
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Global decline in subsistence-oriented and smallholder fire use
Controlled fire use for hunting, gathering, smallholder agriculture and pastoralism shapes ecologies and enhances livelihoods worldwide. Yet, at...