Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies reduces suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires

In southern Europe, land abandonment and an unbalanced investment toward fire suppression instead of prevention has gradually increased wildfire risk, which calls for a paradigm change in fire management policies. Here we combined scenario analysis, fire landscape modelling, and economic tools to id...

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Autores: Lecina Díaz, Judit, Chas Amil, María Luisa, Aquilué, Núria, Sil, Ângelo, Brotons, Lluís, Regos Sanz, Adrián, Touza, Julia
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Ecosystem service trade-offs
Economics of fire
Fire-smart
High nature value farmlands
Land-use modelling
Net value change
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spelling Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies reduces suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfiresLecina Díaz, JuditChas Amil, María LuisaAquilué, NúriaSil, ÂngeloBrotons, LluísRegos Sanz, AdriánTouza, JuliaEcosystem service trade-offsEconomics of fireFire-smartHigh nature value farmlandsLand-use modellingNet value changeIn southern Europe, land abandonment and an unbalanced investment toward fire suppression instead of prevention has gradually increased wildfire risk, which calls for a paradigm change in fire management policies. Here we combined scenario analysis, fire landscape modelling, and economic tools to identify which land-use policies would reduce the expected wildfire-related losses in the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve ‘Gerês-Xurés’ (Spain-Portugal). To do so, we applied the least-cost-plus-net-value-change approach and estimated net changes in wildfire damages based on their implications for the 2010–2050 period and five ecosystem services: agriculture, pasture, timber, recreation and climate regulation. Four land-use scenarios were considered: (1) Business as Usual (BAU); (2) fire-smart, fostering more fire-resistant (less flammable) and/or fire-resilient landscapes (fire-smart); (3) High Nature Value farmlands (HNVf), wherein the abandonment of extensive agriculture is reversed; and (4) a combination of HNVf and fire-smart. HNVf is the best scenario for suppression cost savings, but it generates the lowest net present value of societal benefits from climate regulation. In fact, the most efficient scenario with the lowest societal discounted net suppression costs and change on ecosystem services damages is the HNVf + fire-smart scenario, as it also generates suppression cost savings from agricultural expansion, and lead to a significant reduction in damages on timber and recreational benefits. Therefore, reverting land abandonment through recultivation and promoting fire-resistant tree species is the most efficient way to reduce wildfire hazard. In this sense, payments for ecosystem services should reward farmers and landowners for their role in wildfire prevention. This study improves the understanding of the financial and societal benefits derived from reducing fire suppression spending and ecosystem services damage by undertaking fire-smart land-use strategies, which can be essential to enhance local stakeholders' support for Payments of Ecosystem Services policies for wildfire prevention.ElsevierUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Economía CuantitativaUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física20232023-01-0120232023-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/41704reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)InglésengEC HORIZON EUROPE 101060415open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/417042026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies reduces suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires
title Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies reduces suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires
spellingShingle Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies reduces suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires
Lecina Díaz, Judit
Ecosystem service trade-offs
Economics of fire
Fire-smart
High nature value farmlands
Land-use modelling
Net value change
title_short Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies reduces suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires
title_full Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies reduces suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires
title_fullStr Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies reduces suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires
title_full_unstemmed Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies reduces suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires
title_sort Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies reduces suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lecina Díaz, Judit
Chas Amil, María Luisa
Aquilué, Núria
Sil, Ângelo
Brotons, Lluís
Regos Sanz, Adrián
Touza, Julia
author Lecina Díaz, Judit
author_facet Lecina Díaz, Judit
Chas Amil, María Luisa
Aquilué, Núria
Sil, Ângelo
Brotons, Lluís
Regos Sanz, Adrián
Touza, Julia
author_role author
author2 Chas Amil, María Luisa
Aquilué, Núria
Sil, Ângelo
Brotons, Lluís
Regos Sanz, Adrián
Touza, Julia
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Economía Cuantitativa
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecosystem service trade-offs
Economics of fire
Fire-smart
High nature value farmlands
Land-use modelling
Net value change
topic Ecosystem service trade-offs
Economics of fire
Fire-smart
High nature value farmlands
Land-use modelling
Net value change
description In southern Europe, land abandonment and an unbalanced investment toward fire suppression instead of prevention has gradually increased wildfire risk, which calls for a paradigm change in fire management policies. Here we combined scenario analysis, fire landscape modelling, and economic tools to identify which land-use policies would reduce the expected wildfire-related losses in the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve ‘Gerês-Xurés’ (Spain-Portugal). To do so, we applied the least-cost-plus-net-value-change approach and estimated net changes in wildfire damages based on their implications for the 2010–2050 period and five ecosystem services: agriculture, pasture, timber, recreation and climate regulation. Four land-use scenarios were considered: (1) Business as Usual (BAU); (2) fire-smart, fostering more fire-resistant (less flammable) and/or fire-resilient landscapes (fire-smart); (3) High Nature Value farmlands (HNVf), wherein the abandonment of extensive agriculture is reversed; and (4) a combination of HNVf and fire-smart. HNVf is the best scenario for suppression cost savings, but it generates the lowest net present value of societal benefits from climate regulation. In fact, the most efficient scenario with the lowest societal discounted net suppression costs and change on ecosystem services damages is the HNVf + fire-smart scenario, as it also generates suppression cost savings from agricultural expansion, and lead to a significant reduction in damages on timber and recreational benefits. Therefore, reverting land abandonment through recultivation and promoting fire-resistant tree species is the most efficient way to reduce wildfire hazard. In this sense, payments for ecosystem services should reward farmers and landowners for their role in wildfire prevention. This study improves the understanding of the financial and societal benefits derived from reducing fire suppression spending and ecosystem services damage by undertaking fire-smart land-use strategies, which can be essential to enhance local stakeholders' support for Payments of Ecosystem Services policies for wildfire prevention.
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