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On fire suppression and fire management, the core problem is this: large forest fires aren't natural in Europe, and Europe is where the science of forestry deve
by clock_tower 10y ago
On fire suppression and fire management, the core problem is this: large forest fires aren't natural in Europe, and Europe is where the science of forestry developed. Fire has no legitimate place in French or German forestry; but needs to have a large place in its American counterpart.
(I don't know if East Asia is a natural-wildfire zone or not; but it sounds like Africa, or at least East Africa, certainly is.)
- douche 10y agoSome North American species require forest fires to reseed[1]. This has some implications, for instance, with the logging industry - on the west coast, much more effort goes into replanting after a cut, compared to the east coast, where the species are not fire-dependent to release their seeds. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotiny#Fire-mediated_serotiny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotiny#Fire-mediated_serotin...