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Another challenging summer for #Greece with #wildfire outbreaks. Using CLMS products, it is possible to see the burned areas from last year. We have gathered a selection of our key resources to help you better understand extreme summer weather in Europe: https://lnkd.in/dNmm5MVP #drought #fires #forestfires #ExtremeWeather

Thanks to #CLMS and its continuous evolution, we get valuable information regarding #wildfires in Greece! Monitoring of such events is important to understand their trends and implement effective policies which are much needed if we want to reduce their impact. #climatecrisis #climatechange #eu #copernicus #copernicuseu #earthobservation #remotesensing #geospatial #policymaking

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞! Did you know the Maya Forest Corridor isn't just crucial for Belize, but for the entire Mesoamerican region? Here are four cool facts: 1. Covering 300 km2, this corridor links the lush forests of the Maya Mountain Massif to Belize's Northern Protected Areas. 2. Jaguars and other wildlife depend on the corridor to roam for food and mates, making it a lifeline for their survival. 3. The wetlands within the corridor are home to the critically endangered Central American River Turtle, locally known as the “Hicatee.” 4. Plus, these wetlands play a vital role in shielding Belize City and nearby communities from flooding during severe storms. Let's keep celebrating and protecting this natural wonder! #MayaForestCorridor #Belize #NatureFacts

Exploring how Canada's indigenous fire practices, rooted in centuries of knowledge, are making a comeback to combat today's escalating wildfire challenges. Learn how cultural burning is being reintroduced as a vital tool for forest management and wildfire prevention. https://lnkd.in/gEVBFD7V #ForestStewardsGuild #CulturalBurning #WildfireManagement

Beaver dams trap water in pools, making the flow of water slower so the surrounding ecosystem can reap the benefits of the moisture while making it more difficult for forest fires to start. https://lnkd.in/gt39fgyF

Good day all; Today is world mangrove day. Mangroves protect shorelines from damaging storm and hurricane winds, waves, and floods. Mangroves also help prevent erosion by stabilizing sediments with their tangled root systems. They maintain water quality and clarity, filtering pollutants and trapping sediments originating from land. Mangroves provide important nesting and breeding sites for fish and shellfish, migratory birds and sea turtles. This underscores their importance to coastal fishing communities. According to a global research, an estimated 80% of the global fish catch relies on mangrove forests either directly or indirectly. Let's all protect and use water sparingly and wisely and manage our waste as this is the lifeblood of key ecosystems like mangroves that provide key ecosystem services to use as humans and for wildlife which rely heavily on them for survival. #WorldMangroveDay #mangroves

Some considerations for a post wildfire landscape.

Smokey Bear turns 80 today! His recognizable meme continues to tell us. . . Wildfires are bad and we're at fault for most of them AND by our own actions, we can choose to live without #wildfire But Smokey's messages overlook the long history of humans and beneficial fire. #culturalburning practiced by American Indigenous communities helped shape and manage fire-dependent forest ecosystems for millennia Facilitating their travel and hunting & making certain plants more abundant and reducing fire hazards that, if left unattended, could lead to devastating wildfires. Tree ring studies show Indigenous cultural burning led to forests that were less vulnerable to climate-driven wildfires. Many dry forests in SW Oregon, including on O&C Lands, are overstocked with hazardous levels of fuels in urgent need of intensive thinning and #beneficialfire to increase their fire resistance and resilience. It's time to flip the Smokey Bear script! You can prevent campfires from becoming wildfires. It's true! When the wildfire threat meter rises, you should always follow prudent guidance And certainly lightning can always play a factor in starting wildfires, but reversing the current wildfire trend requires addressing forests at high risk of stand-replacing wildfires with adequate thinning and low-intensity controlled fires led by #tribal partners at the right time, and in careful measure, to get most fires back on the ground. . . where they can do the most good. We’d love to hear what you think. Learn More @forestbridges.org   #SmokeyBear80 #indigenousknowledge #rxfire #activeconservation #forestmanagement

⚡ Forest Fires Can Be Intervened Before 11 Minutes - An average of 7 to 10 thousand hectares of land burns every year in forest fires in Turkey. Fire crews respond to forest fires before they reach the scene.

Los incendios forestales a nivel mundial son cada vez más frecuentes y dañinos. "Banned for more than a century by European settlers, cultural burning is now making a tentative comeback in Canada, spurred by an urgency to find solutions to megafires costing into the billions of dollars that are coming with increasing frequency — a problem punctuated by Canada's record-shattering wildfire season last year. Nearly 58,000 square miles of the nation burned — an area about the size of Illinois — in more than 6,500 wildfires coast-to-coast from April to October, according to revised numbers from the Canadian Forest Service". Pulitzer Center/ Keith Matheny/ Eric Seals