@article{8753274,
  abstract     = {{Changes in climate, land use, and land management impact the occurrence and severity of wildland fires in many parts of the world. This is particularly evident in Europe, where ongoing changes in land use have strongly modified fire patterns over the last decades. Although satellite data by the European Forest Fire Information System provide large-scale wildland fire statistics across European countries, there is still a crucial need to collect and summarize in-depth local analysis and understanding of the wildland fire condition and associated challenges across Europe. This article aims to provide a general overview of the current wildland fire patterns and challenges as perceived by national representatives, supplemented by national fire statistics (2009-2018) across Europe. For each of the 31 countries included, we present a perspective authored by scientists or practitioners from each respective country, representing a wide range of disciplines and cultural backgrounds. The authors were selected from members of the COST Action "Fire and the Earth System: Science & Society" funded by the European Commission with the aim to share knowledge and improve communication about wildland fire. Where relevant, a brief overview of key studies, particular wildland fire challenges a country is facing, and an overview of notable recent fire events are also presented. Key perceived challenges included (1) the lack of consistent and detailed records for wildland fire events, within and across countries, (2) an increase in wildland fires that pose a risk to properties and human life due to high population densities and sprawl into forested regions, and (3) the view that, irrespective of changes in management, climate change is likely to increase the frequency and impact of wildland fires in the coming decades. Addressing challenge (1) will not only be valuable in advancing national and pan-European wildland fire management strategies, but also in evaluating perceptions (2) and (3) against more robust quantitative evidence.}},
  articleno    = {{11786221211028185}},
  author       = {{Fernandez-Anez, Nieves and Krasovskiy, Andrey and Muller, Mortimer and Vacik, Harald and Baetens, Jan and Hukic, Emira and Solomun, Marijana Kapovic and Atanassova, Irena and Glushkova, Maria and Bogunovic, Igor and Fajkovic, Hana and Djuma, Hakan and Boustras, George and Adamek, Martin and Devetter, Miloslav and Hrabalikova, Michaela and Huska, Dalibor and Barroso, Petra Martinez and Vaverkova, Magdalena Daria and Zumr, David and Jogiste, Kalev and Metslaid, Marek and Koster, Kajar and Koster, Egle and Pumpanen, Jukka and Ribeiro-Kumara, Caius and Di Prima, Simone and Pastor, Amandine and Rumpel, Cornelia and Seeger, Manuel and Daliakopoulos, Ioannis and Daskalakou, Evangelia and Koutroulis, Aristeidis and Papadopoulou, Maria P. and Stampoulidis, Kosmas and Xanthopoulos, Gavriil and Aszalos, Reka and Balazs, Deak and Kertesz, Miklos and Valko, Orsolya and Finger, David C. and Thorsteinsson, Throstur and Till, Jessica and Bajocco, Sofia and Gelsomino, Antonio and Amodio, Antonio Minervino and Novara, Agata and Salvati, Luca and Telesca, Luciano and Ursino, Nadia and Jansons, Aris and Kitenberga, Mara and Stivrins, Normunds and Brazaitis, Gediminas and Marozas, Vitas and Cojocaru, Olesea and Gumeniuc, Iachim and Sfecla, Victor and Imeson, Anton and Veraverbeke, Sander and Mikalsen, Ragni Fjellgaard and Koda, Eugeniusz and Osinski, Piotr and Meira Castro, Ana C. and Nunes, Joao Pedro and Oom, Duarte and Vieira, Diana and Rusu, Teodor and Bojovic, Srdan and Djordjevic, Dragana and Popovic, Zorica and Protic, Milan and Sakan, Sanja and Glasa, Jan and Kacikova, Danica and Lichner, Lubomir and Majlingova, Andrea and Vido, Jaroslav and Ferk, Mateja and Ticar, Jure and Zorn, Matija and Zupanc, Vesna and Hinojosa, M. Belen and Knicker, Heike and Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban and Pausas, Juli and Prat-Guitart, Nuria and Ubeda, Xavier and Vilar, Lara and Destouni, Georgia and Ghajarnia, Navid and Kalantari, Zahra and Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Samaneh and Dindaroglu, Turgay and Yakupoglu, Tugrul and Smith, Thomas and Doerr, Stefan and Cerda, Artemi}},
  issn         = {{1178-6221}},
  journal      = {{AIR SOIL AND WATER RESEARCH}},
  keywords     = {{FOREST-FIRES,CLIMATE-CHANGE,GROUND VEGETATION,WILDFIRE,LANDSCAPE,PORTUGAL,REGIME,SUCCESSION,MITIGATION,FREQUENCY,wildland fire,society,Europe,perceptions}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{19}},
  title        = {{Current wildland fire patterns and challenges in Europe : a synthesis of national perspectives}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1177/11786221211028185}},
  volume       = {{14}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}

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