Fuel and Fire Behavior Analysis for Early-Season Prescribed Fire Planning in Sudanian and Sahelian Savannas

Publisher:
World Agroforestry Centre
Publication Date:
15 February 2013
Tags:
Africa, Climate, Environment

Published in the February issue of the Journal of Arid Environments, this study pinpoints the optimal conditions for setting early-season prescribed fires—a process that when executed and timed properly, reduces the risk and impact of late dry season bushfires in increasingly fragile ecosystems, both of which are exacerbated by climate change.

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