Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental Change

29 páginas, 8 figuras. The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/fire8020051/s1, supplementary material .zip—which includes details on the systematic literature review: 1. search strings for each wildfire stage; 2. screening phase; 3. bibliometri...

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Autores: Gonçalves, J., Portela, A.P., Regos-Sanz, Adrián, Sil, Â., Marcos, B., Alonso, J., Honrado, J.
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Wildfire science loop
Wildfire stages
Post-fire research
Wildfire research agenda
Adaptive wildfire management
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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title Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental Change
spellingShingle Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental Change
Gonçalves, J.
Wildfire science loop
Wildfire stages
Post-fire research
Wildfire research agenda
Adaptive wildfire management
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
title_short Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental Change
title_full Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental Change
title_fullStr Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental Change
title_full_unstemmed Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental Change
title_sort Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental Change
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gonçalves, J.
Portela, A.P.
Regos-Sanz, Adrián
Sil, Â.
Marcos, B.
Alonso, J.
Honrado, J.
author Gonçalves, J.
author_facet Gonçalves, J.
Portela, A.P.
Regos-Sanz, Adrián
Sil, Â.
Marcos, B.
Alonso, J.
Honrado, J.
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author2 Portela, A.P.
Regos-Sanz, Adrián
Sil, Â.
Marcos, B.
Alonso, J.
Honrado, J.
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal)
Regos-Sanz, Adrián [0000-0003-1983-936X]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Wildfire science loop
Wildfire stages
Post-fire research
Wildfire research agenda
Adaptive wildfire management
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
topic Wildfire science loop
Wildfire stages
Post-fire research
Wildfire research agenda
Adaptive wildfire management
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
description 29 páginas, 8 figuras. The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/fire8020051/s1, supplementary material .zip—which includes details on the systematic literature review: 1. search strings for each wildfire stage; 2. screening phase; 3. bibliometric analysis (check the .docx file provided) and the full database with bibliographic records, categorized by each wildfire stage (.xlsx file).
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spelling Fostering Post-Fire Research Towards a More Balanced Wildfire Science Agenda to Navigate Global Environmental ChangeGonçalves, J.Portela, A.P.Regos-Sanz, AdriánSil, Â.Marcos, B.Alonso, J.Honrado, J.Wildfire science loopWildfire stagesPost-fire researchWildfire research agendaAdaptive wildfire managementhttp://metadata.un.org/sdg/13Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts29 páginas, 8 figuras. The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/fire8020051/s1, supplementary material .zip—which includes details on the systematic literature review: 1. search strings for each wildfire stage; 2. screening phase; 3. bibliometric analysis (check the .docx file provided) and the full database with bibliographic records, categorized by each wildfire stage (.xlsx file).As wildfires become more frequent and severe in the face of global environmental change, it becomes crucial not only to assess, prevent, and suppress them but also to manage the aftermath effectively. Given the temporal interconnections between these issues, we explored the concept of the “wildfire science loop”—a framework categorizing wildfire research into three stages: “before”, “during”, and “after” wildfires. Based on this partition, we performed a systematic review by linking particular topics and keywords to each stage, aiming to describe each one and quantify the volume of published research. The results from our review identified a substantial imbalance in the wildfire research landscape, with the post-fire stage being markedly underrepresented. Research focusing on the “after” stage is 1.5 times (or 46%) less prevalent than that on the “before” stage and 1.8 (or 77%) less than that on the “during” stage. This discrepancy is likely driven by a historical emphasis on prevention and suppression due to immediate societal needs. Aiming to address and overcome this imbalance, we present our perspectives regarding a strategic agenda to enhance our understanding of post-fire processes and outcomes, emphasizing the socioecological impacts of wildfires and the management of post-fire recovery in a multi-level and transdisciplinary approach. These proposals advocate integrating knowledge-driven research on burn severity and ecosystem mitigation/recovery with practical, application-driven management strategies and strategic policy development. This framework also supports a comprehensive agenda that spans short-term emergency responses to long-term adaptive management, ensuring that post-fire landscapes are better understood, managed, and restored. We emphasize the critical importance of the “after-fire” stage in breaking negative planning cycles, enhancing management practices, and implementing nature-based solutions with a vision of “building back better”. Strengthening a comprehensive and balanced research agenda focused on the “after-fire” stage will also enhance our ability to close the loop of socioecological processes involved in adaptive wildfire management and improve the alignment with international agendas such as the UN’s Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the EU’s Nature Restoration Law. By addressing this research imbalance, we can significantly improve our ability to restore ecosystems, enhance post-fire resilience, and develop adaptive wildfire management strategies that are better suited to the challenges of a rapidly changing world.This research was funded by the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia through the program “Concurso de Projetos de Investigação Científica e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico no Âmbito da Prevenção e Combate a Incêndios Florestais—2019”, Project: “SeverusPT—A web-based data product and service for fire severity assessment and prediction in mainland Portugal”, grant number: PCIF/RPG/0170/2019; URL: https://doi.org/10.54499/PCIF/RPG/0170/2019 (accessed on 23 May 2023); URL: https://severus.pt/en/ (accessed on 23 May 2023). J.G. was funded by the Individual Scientific Employment Stimulus Program (2017), through FCT (contract nr. CEECIND/02331/2017).Peer reviewedMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal)Regos-Sanz, Adrián [0000-0003-1983-936X]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/377906reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT//PCIFinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT//CEECINDhttps://doi.org/10.3390/fire8020051Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3779062026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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