Change in heathland fire sizes inside vs. outside the Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, over 50 years of fire-exclusion policy: lessons for REDD+

In flammable shrublands fire size often depends on local management. Policy and land use change can drastically alter fire regimes, affecting livelihoods, biodiversity, and carbon storage. In Ethiopia, burning of vegetation is banned, but the burn ban is more strongly enforced inside the Bale Mounta...

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Main Authors: Maria U. Johansson, Senait D. Senay, Emma Creathorn, Habtemariam Kassa, Kristoffer Hylander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2019-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss4/art26/