Uplifting local ecological knowledge as part of adaptation pathways to wildfire risk reduction: A case study in Montseny, Catalonia (Spain).
Autor: | Uyttewaal K; Water Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. kathleen.uyttewaal@wur.nl., Stoof CR; Wageningen University and Research, PO box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands., Canaleta G; Pau Costa Foundation, Av. Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer, 42 Esc. A Bxs 2a, 08552, Taradell, Barcelona, Spain., Cifre-Sabater M; UOC, Rambla del Poblenou, 156, 08018, Barcelona, Spain., Langer ERL; Scion: New Zealand Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 29237, Christchurch, 8440, New Zealand., Ludwig F; Water Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands., Kroeze C; Water Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands., Moran P; UPC, Carrer de Jordi Girona 31, 08034, Barcelona, Spain., Ottolini I; UOC, Rambla del Poblenou, 156, 08018, Barcelona, Spain., Prat-Guitart N; Pau Costa Foundation, Av. Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer, 42 Esc. A Bxs 2a, 08552, Taradell, Barcelona, Spain. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Ambio [Ambio] 2024 Oct; Vol. 53 (10), pp. 1433-1453. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 25. |
DOI: | 10.1007/s13280-024-02030-7 |
Abstrakt: | Living with wildfires in an era of climate change requires adaptation and weaving together many forms of knowledge. Empirical evidence of knowledge co-production in wildfire management is lacking in Mediterranean European areas. We explored how local ecological knowledge can be leveraged to reduce wildfire risk through an adaptation pathways process in the Montseny massif and wider Tordera River watershed of Catalonia, Spain: an area stewarded through forestry and agriculture, tourism, nature conservation, and fire management. We combined different methods (e.g., a timeline and Three Horizons framework) throughout three workshops with agents of change to co-create adaptation pathways to reduce wildfire risk, integrating a historical perspective of the landscape while envisioning desirable futures. Our results showed that local ecological knowledge and other soft adaptation strategies contribute to innovative sustainable development initiatives that can also mitigate wildfire risk. The adaptation pathways approach holds much potential to inform local policies and support wildfire-based community initiatives in diverse contexts. (© 2024. The Author(s).) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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