Carbon Accounting And Savanna Fire Management

Author : Jeremy Russell-Smith,Brett Murphy,Andrew Edwards,CP (Mick) Meyer
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643108530

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Carbon Accounting and Savanna Fire Management by Jeremy Russell-Smith,Brett Murphy,Andrew Edwards,CP (Mick) Meyer Pdf

In the context of Australia’s developing carbon economy, fire management helps to abate emissions of greenhouse gases and is an important means of generating carbon credits. The vast high-rainfall savannas of northern Australia are one of the world’s most flammable landscapes. Management of fires in this region has the potential to assist with meeting emissions reduction targets, as well as conserving biodiversity and providing employment for Indigenous people in remote parts of Australia’s north. This comprehensive volume brings together recent research from northern Australian savannas to provide an internationally relevant case study for applying greenhouse gas accounting methodologies to the practice of fire management. It provides scientific arguments for enlarging the area of fire-prone land managed for emissions abatement. The book also charts the progress towards development of a savanna fire bio-sequestration methodology. The future of integrated approaches to emissions abatement and bio-sequestration is also discussed.

Author : G. D. Cook,A. E. Richards,A. C. Liedloff,S. R. Levick,C. P. (Mick) Meyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1925800490

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Supporting Savanna Fire Management Through Carbon Farming by G. D. Cook,A. E. Richards,A. C. Liedloff,S. R. Levick,C. P. (Mick) Meyer Pdf

Author : Brett Murphy,Jeremy Russell-Smith,Andrew Edwards,Mick Meyer,CP (Mick) Meyer
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780643108523

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Carbon Accounting and Savanna Fire Management by Brett Murphy,Jeremy Russell-Smith,Andrew Edwards,Mick Meyer,CP (Mick) Meyer Pdf

In the context of Australia’s developing carbon economy, fire management helps to abate emissions of greenhouse gases and is an important means of generating carbon credits. The vast high-rainfall savannas of northern Australia are one of the world’s most flammable landscapes. Management of fires in this region has the potential to assist with meeting emissions reduction targets, as well as conserving biodiversity and providing employment for Indigenous people in remote parts of Australia’s north. This comprehensive volume brings together recent research from northern Australian savannas to provide an internationally relevant case study for applying greenhouse gas accounting methodologies to the practice of fire management. It provides scientific arguments for enlarging the area of fire-prone land managed for emissions abatement. The book also charts the progress towards development of a savanna fire bio-sequestration methodology. The future of integrated approaches to emissions abatement and bio-sequestration is also discussed.

Author : National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wildland Fires Toward Improved Monitoring Modeling and Management?a Workshop
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2025-01-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0309715539

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wildland Fires by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wildland Fires Toward Improved Monitoring Modeling and Management?a Workshop Pdf

Climate change is fundamentally changing ecosystems and their fire conditions, and the 2023 fire season highlighted the urgency of developing and implementing solutions to address wildland fires. Wildland fires transfer carbon between the land and the atmosphere through emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), along with other gasses and particles. Though fires can be a natural part of healthy, evolving ecosystems, large, uncontrolled wildland fires can have devastating consequences to human health, communities, and biodiversity. Human-driven changes in wildland fire regimes have the potential to increase GHG emissions at a scale that could inhibit global efforts to achieve net-zero GHG emissions in the coming decades. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop on September 13-15, 2023, to identify opportunities to improve measurements and model projections of GHG emissions from wildland fires and discuss management practices that could be incorporated into current and future action plans. Participants emphasized the importance of learning from historic and current Indigenous fire management practices and centering Indigenous voices and leadership across all stages of fire management. Different global ecosystems - particularly temperate, boreal, and tropical biomes - have been impacted by climate and land use changes where historical fire regimes and the carbon balance have been disrupted. However, discussions highlighted the diverse set of available regionally differentiated and ecosystem-appropriate mitigation strategies. With improved understanding of fires and their GHG emissions, better information for mitigation and management, and incorporation of wildfire GHG emissions into national accounting mechanisms, practitioners, communities, and decision makers will be better equipped to prepare, adapt, and respond to future wildland fires.

Author : Jeremy Russell-Smith,Peter J. Whitehead,Peter Cooke
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780643094024

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Culture, Ecology, and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas by Jeremy Russell-Smith,Peter J. Whitehead,Peter Cooke Pdf

In 12 multi-authored chapters, this book documents key challenges and novel options for addressing chronic landscape scale fire management issues in North Australian Savannas through development of both collaborative, cross cultural approaches and commercially supported enviroment programs.

Author : Jeremy Russell-Smith,Peter Whitehead,Peter Cooke
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643099999

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Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas by Jeremy Russell-Smith,Peter Whitehead,Peter Cooke Pdf

This engaging volume explores the management of fire in one of the world’s most flammable landscapes: Australia’s tropical savannas, where on average 18% of the landscape is burned annually. Impacts have been particularly severe in the Arnhem Land Plateau, a centre of plant and animal diversity on Indigenous land. Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas documents a remarkable collaboration between Arnhem Land’s traditional landowners and the scientific community to arrest a potentially catastrophic fire-driven decline in the natural and cultural assets of the region – not by excluding fire, but by using it better through restoration of Indigenous control over burning. This multi-disciplinary treatment encompasses the history of fire use in the savannas, the post-settlement changes that altered fire patterns, the personal histories of a small number of people who lived most of their lives on the plateau and, critically, their deep knowledge of fire and how to apply it to care for country. Uniquely, it shows how such knowledge and commitment can be deployed in conjunction with rigorous formal scientific analysis, advanced technology, new cross-cultural institutions and the emerging carbon economy to build partnerships for controlling fire at scales that were, until this demonstration, thought beyond effective intervention.

Author : Brian J. Stocks,P. C. Ward,Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Applied Research and Development,Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Science and Information Resources Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Carbon sequestration
ISBN : 1443570028

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Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, and Forest Fire Protection in the Canadian Boreal Zone [electronic Resource] by Brian J. Stocks,P. C. Ward,Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Applied Research and Development,Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Science and Information Resources Division Pdf

Acknowledgements -- Background and context -- Climate change and boreal forest fires -- Carbon emissions from boreal fires -- Greenhouse gas emissions accounting and the forest sector -- Managing forested areas to promote carbon storage -- Fire in Ontario's far north -- Summary of fire management-related issues -- References.

Author : Emma Burns,Andrew Lowe,Nicole Thurgate,David Lindenmayer
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 841 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643108585

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Biodiversity and Environmental Change by Emma Burns,Andrew Lowe,Nicole Thurgate,David Lindenmayer Pdf

This data-rich book demonstrates the value of existing national long-term ecological research in Australia for monitoring environmental change and biodiversity. Long-term ecological data are critical for informing trends in biodiversity and environmental change. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) is a major initiative of the Australian Government and one of its key areas of investment is to provide funding for a network of long-term ecological research plots around Australia (LTERN). LTERN researchers and other authors in this book have maintained monitoring sites, often for one or more decades, in an array of different ecosystems across the Australian continent – ranging from tropical rainforests, wet eucalypt forests and alpine regions through to rangelands and deserts. This book highlights some of the temporal changes in the environment that have occurred in the various systems in which dedicated field-based ecologists have worked. Many important trends and changes are documented and they often provide new insights that were previously poorly understood or unknown. These data are precisely the kinds of data so desperately needed to better quantify the temporal trajectories in the environment in Australia. By presenting trend patterns (and often also the associated data) the authors aim to catalyse governments and other organisations to better recognise the importance of long-term data collection and monitoring as a fundamental part of ecologically-effective and cost-effective management of the environment and biodiversity.

Author : Jeremy Russell-Smith,Glenn James,Howard Pedersen,Kamaljit K. Sangha
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780429895586

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Sustainable Land Sector Development in Northern Australia by Jeremy Russell-Smith,Glenn James,Howard Pedersen,Kamaljit K. Sangha Pdf

Key Features: Provides clear and authoritative recommendations for managing fire in ecological and social contexts Authors are all international leaders in their fields and include not only academics but also leaders of Indigenous communities Explains Indigenous cultural and knowledge systems to a degree that has rarely been accessible to lay and academic readers outside specialized disciplines like Anthropology Responds to growing need for new approaches to managing human-ecological systems that are in greater sympathy with Australia’s natural environments/climate, and value the knowledge of Indigenous people Timely for scholarly and interest groups intervention, as the Australian government is again looking to ‘develop the north' Sustainable Land Sector Development in Northern Australia sets out a vision for developing North Australia based on a culturally appropriate and ecologically sustainable land sector economy. This vision supports both Indigenous cultural responsibilities and aspirations, as well as enhancing enterprise opportunities for society as a whole. In the past, well-meaning if often misguided policy agendas have failed - and continue to fail - North Australians. This book helps breach that gap by acknowledging and harnessing Indigenous cultural strengths and knowledge systems for looking after the country and its people, as part of a smart, novel and diversified ecosystem services economy.

Author : Rodd Dyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113308287

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Savanna Burning by Rodd Dyer Pdf

Written by a team of northern Australian land management practitioners and researchers, this illustrated book provides the information to managers of pastoral, Aboriginal and conservation lands, to ecologists, students and the general public.

Author : Johann Georg Goldammer,Cornelis De Ronde
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fire ecology
ISBN : 9781919833651

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Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Sub-Sahara Africa by Johann Georg Goldammer,Cornelis De Ronde Pdf

Africa is a fire continent. Since the early evolution of humanity, fire has been harnessed as a land-use tool. Many ecosystems of Sub-Sahara Africa that have been shaped by fire over millennia provide a high carrying capacity for human populations.

Author : Ross W. Gorte
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437922677

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Carbon Sequestration in Forests by Ross W. Gorte Pdf

Contents: (1) Background: Congressional Interest in Carbon Sequestration; (2) Carbon Cycling in Forests: The Forest Cycle; Forest Types: Tropical Forests; Temperate Forests; Boreal Forests; (3) Measuring and Altering Forest Carbon Levels: Forest Carbon Accounting; Land Use Changes; Forestry Events and Management Activities: Vegetation and Soil Carbon; Forest Events ¿ Wildfires; Forestry Practices; Wood Energy; Leakage: Land Use Leakage; Product Demand Leakage; Federal Government Programs: Federal Forests; Federal Assistance for State and Private Forestry; Federal Tax Expenditures; Federal Programs Affecting Land Use; Accounting for Forest Carbon Sequestration; (4) Conclusions. Table.

Author : Francisco Castro Rego,Penelope Morgan,Paulo Fernandes,Chad Hoffman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030698157

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Fire Science by Francisco Castro Rego,Penelope Morgan,Paulo Fernandes,Chad Hoffman Pdf

This textbook provides students and academics with a conceptual understanding of fire behavior and fire effects on people and ecosystems to support effective integrated fire management. Through case studies, interactive spreadsheets programmed with equations and graphics, and clear explanations, the book provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional readers with a straightforward learning path. The authors draw from years of experience in successfully teaching fundamental concepts and applications, synthesizing cutting-edge science, and applying lessons learned from fire practitioners. We discuss fire as part of environmental and human health. Our process-based, comprehensive, and quantitative approach encompasses combustion and heat transfer, and fire effects on people, plants, soils, and animals in forest, grassland, and woodland ecosystems from around the Earth. Case studies and examples link fundamental concepts to local, landscape, and global fire implications, including social-ecological systems. Globally, fire science and integrated fire management have made major strides in the last few decades. Society faces numerous fire-related challenges, including the increasing occurrence of large fires that threaten people and property, smoke that poses a health hazard, and lengthening fire seasons worldwide. Fires are useful to suppress fires, conserve wildlife and habitat, enhance livestock grazing, manage fuels, and in ecological restoration. Understanding fire science is critical to forecasting the implication of global change for fires and their effects. Increasing the positive effects of fire (fuels reduction, enhanced habitat for many plants and animals, ecosystem services increased) while reducing the negative impacts of fires (loss of human lives, smoke and carbon emissions that threaten health, etc.) is part of making fires good servants rather than bad masters.

Author : Alan N. Andersen,Garry D. Cook,Richard J. Williams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475778635

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Fire in Tropical Savannas by Alan N. Andersen,Garry D. Cook,Richard J. Williams Pdf

Fire is a major agent of disturbance in many biomes of the world but is a particularly important feature of tropical savannas. Up to 50% of the ext- sive tropical savanna landscapes of northern Australia are burnt each year. This includes prestigious conservation reserves such as World Heritage— listed Kakadu National Park, in the Top End of the Northern Territory. As in other savanna regions of the world, the responses of biota to different ?re regimes are poorly understood, such that ?re management represents one of the greatest challenges to conservation managers and researchers alike. This is the context within which a landscape-scale ?re experiment was established at Kapalga Research Station in Kakadu,which aimed to provide a sound scienti?c basis for conservation management in the region. The experiment was established by The Australian Commonwealth Scienti?c and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO),but involved collaborators from a range of universities and government agencies, including the m- agers of Kakadu,the Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA:now Parks Australia North). This book summarizes the ?ndings from the Kapalga ?re experiment and explores the implications for conservation management. We believe that Kapalga has provided important insights into the ?re ecology of tropical savannas and has broad relevance for the conservation management of ?- prone landscapes in general. This book should be of interest to researchers, graduate students, and land management agencies. vii viii Preface We are extremely grateful to all our collaborators,both inside and outside CSIRO, for their involvement in the Kapalga experiment.

Author : Charlotte Streck,Robert O'Sullivan,Toby Janson-Smith,Richard Tarasofsky
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815701484

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Climate Change and Forests by Charlotte Streck,Robert O'Sullivan,Toby Janson-Smith,Richard Tarasofsky Pdf

The global climate change problem has finally entered the world's consciousness. While efforts to find a solution have increased momentum, international attention has focused primarily on the industrial and energy sectors. The forest, and land-use sector, however, remains one of the most significant untapped opportunities for carbon mitigation. The expiration of the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period in 2012 presents an opportunity for the international community to put this sector back on the agenda. In this timely, wide-ranging volume, an international team of experts explain the links between climate change and forests, highlighting the potential utility of this sector within emerging climate policy frameworks and carbon markets. After framing forestry activities within the larger context of climate-change policy, the contributors analyze the operation and efficacy of market-based mechanisms for forest conservation and climate change. Drawing on experiences from around the world, the authors present concrete recommendations for policymakers, project developers, and market participants. They discuss sequestration rights in Chile, carbon offset programs in Australia and New Zealand, and emerging policy incentives at all levels of the U.S. government. The book also explores the different voluntary schemes for carbon crediting, provides an overview of best practices in carbon accounting, and presents tools for use in future sequestration and offset programs. It concludes with consideration of various incentive options for slowing deforestation and protecting the world's remaining forests. Climate Change and Forests provides a realistic view of the role that the forest and land-use sector can play in a post-Kyoto regime. It will serve as a practical reference manual for anyone concerned about climate policy, including the negotiators working to define a robust and enduring international framework for addressing climate change.