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Influence of the declaration of protected natural areas on the evolution of forest fires in collective lands in Galicia (Spain) / Gervasio Lopez Rodriguez in Forests, Vol 13 n° 8 (August 2022)  

Public [article]  inForests > Vol 13 n° 8 (August 2022) . - n° 1161 Titre : Influence of the declaration of protected natural areas on the evolution of forest fires in collective lands in Galicia (Spain) Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Gervasio Lopez Rodriguez, Auteur ; Veronica Rodriguez vicente, Auteur ; Manuel F. Marey-Pérez, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 1161 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] analyse diachronique [Termes IGN] Eucalyptus globulus [Termes IGN] forêt privée [Termes IGN] Galice (Espagne) [Termes IGN] incendie de forêt [Termes IGN] Pinus pinaster [Termes IGN] protection des forêts [Termes IGN] Quercus pedunculata [Termes IGN] site Natura 2000 [Vedettes matières IGN] Ecologie forestière Résumé : (auteur) Since the adoption of European Union Council Directive 92/43 on the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora, some opposition has arisen among owners and managers of land affected by the directive. Some studies have indicated that some of this opposition has found expression in subsequent arson fires in these areas. This article analyses the occurrence of arson fires in the SACs (Special Areas of Conservation) included in the European ecological network, Natura 2000, in Galicia (Spain), more specifically in the montes vecinales en mano común (MVMCs), which are privately owned collective lands. We tested whether the declaration of SACs had a statistical impact on the forest fire regime in the period 1999–2014. The analyses focused on the sub-periods of 1999–2004 and 2005–2014, i.e., before and after the approval of the list of sites of community importance in the study area in December 2004. The results obtained show that, after the declaration of protection, there was a statistically significant increase in the area burnt by fire in these areas, mainly on private estates. We also found that the percentage of arson fires after 2004 was higher in SACs than in other territorial units. We found that the percentage of arson fires was reduced less in SACs than in other territorial units. Furthermore, we found that the area burnt per fire after 2004 in SACs was almost double that in the MVMC-SACs (12.04 ha versus 6.64 ha), so it can be concluded that the conservationist policies of the Natura 2000 network in Galicia have not had a positive effect on the forest fire regime. Numéro de notice : A2022-653 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/f13081161 Date de publication en ligne : 22/07/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081161 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101501 [article]