Active governance of agro-pastoral, forest and protected areas mitigates wildfire impacts in Italy.

Autor: Spadoni GL; Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy; Department of Science, Technology and Society, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia, Palazzo del Broletto, Piazza della Vittoria 15, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: gianluca.spadoni@unito.it., Moris JV; Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy., Vacchiano G; Department DISAA, University of Milan, via Celoria 2, 20133 Milan, Italy., Elia M; Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy., Garbarino M; Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy., Sibona E; Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy., Tomao A; Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo De Lellis, SNC, 01100 Viterbo, Italy; Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy., Barbati A; Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo De Lellis, SNC, 01100 Viterbo, Italy., Sallustio L; Department of Bioscience and Territory, University of Molise, c.da Fonte Lappone, 86090 Pesche, IS, Italy., Salvati L; CREA Research Centre for Agricultural Policies and Bioeconomy, Forests Observatory, via Barberini 36, 00198 Rome, Italy; Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance, Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Rome, Italy., Ferrara C; CREA Research Centre for Agricultural Policies and Bioeconomy, Forests Observatory, via Barberini 36, 00198 Rome, Italy., Francini S; Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via San Bonaventura, 13, 50145 Florence, Italy; Fondazione per il Futuro delle Città, Florence, Italy; National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo 90133, Italy., Bonis E; Forest Stewardship Council, Italy., Dalla Vecchia I; Forest Stewardship Council, Italy., Strollo A; Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy., Di Leginio M; Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy., Munafò M; Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy., Chirici G; Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via San Bonaventura, 13, 50145 Florence, Italy; Fondazione per il Futuro delle Città, Florence, Italy., Romano R; CREA Research Centre for Agricultural Policies and Bioeconomy, Forests Observatory, via Barberini 36, 00198 Rome, Italy., Corona P; Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo De Lellis, SNC, 01100 Viterbo, Italy; CREA Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, viale Santa Margherita 80, 52100 Arezzo, Italy., Marchetti M; Department of Bioscience and Territory, University of Molise, c.da Fonte Lappone, 86090 Pesche, IS, Italy; National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo 90133, Italy., Brunori A; PEFC Italia - Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes, Italy., Motta R; Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy., Ascoli D; Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.
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Zdroj: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2023 Sep 10; Vol. 890, pp. 164281. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 20.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164281
Abstrakt: 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.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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