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Ecosystem-friendly management of burned forests
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Towards an ecosystem-friendly management of burned forests
in the Mediterranean Basin: synthesis of impacts and best practices
Presentation at
XIV MEDECOS Congress
Sevilla, February 2017
Pere Pons and Eduard Mauri
Anifog Project
severe effects
effects of logging burned forests:
what we know?
Harvesting of full trees over large burned areas
- Soil is compacted and eroded
- Soil fertility decreases
- Carbon sequestration declines
- Recovery of vegetation is hindered
- Species richness decreases
- Ecosystem services by animals are hampered
Little woody biomass remains
effects of logging burned forests:
how we know them?
Other
forest biomes
59%
REDUCED effects
LOGGING BURNED FORESTS
Part of the wood biomass left on site: barriers of branches
Mediterranean
forests
Books
Use of logs from burned forests
Scientific
papers
Wildfires
Good habitat for conservation-concern species
Seed dispersal by animals enhanced
Ph D.
Theses
153 references
Technical
reports
Conference
proceedings
guidelines for best management
- 213,000 ha/year of European forests burned (1961-2000)
- 90% in Mediterranean countries
- Using the 153 references
- Advice and review by practitioners and researchers
In Catalan
In Spanish
Soon in English?
structure of guidelines
Free to download at:
http://anifog.wixsite.com/anifog/blank
WHAT else CAN BE DONE?
FUNDAMENTALS
BEST PRACTICES
Communicate the richness of burned forests
Transfer guidelines to stakeholders
Revise and ameliorate guidelines
Improve laws and administrative procedures
Plan at the landscape level
Help owners and companies to apply best practices
Upcoming workshop 10th February
Main elements to consider:
- Planning at landscape scale
- Regeneration of plant cover
- Reduction of soil erosion
- Conservation of
- soil fertility
- riparian habitats
- invertebrates and vertebrates
- Reduction of fire risk
SELECTION OF BEST PRACTICES
Burned habitats....
fascinating but fragile