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> Most forests need to burn periodically This is a myth. Mature forests rarely burn and mature forests (rainforest+taiga) include the majority of the current f

> Most forests need to burn periodically This is a myth. Mature forests rarely burn and mature forests (rainforest+taiga) include the majority of the current forests We can accept it or keep doing it wrong, and craving for a miracle in the change climate problem. It will never happen if we keep burning the soil. When forests burn too frequently what we have is the current situation with half of the megafauna extinct. Just because in the last 200 years we had some status quo does not mean that we shouldn't try to think better or that nature is not trying to return to the original state

cultureswitch 3y ago
This is wrong. Yes, Rainforests don't burn as often, by virtue of being extremely hard to burn. Forests in semi-desertic and temperate/dry climates naturally burn frequently.
- pvaldes 3y ago
  > Forests in semi-desertic and temperate/dry climates naturally burn frequently. Yep, and they are very important for biodiversity, but those aren't: 1) Most of the forests in the planet (If I'm not wrong, mature forests occupy more area still, 11% of the emerged areas is taiga). 2) neither mature forests (in the sense of "close to ecosystem climax"). They are either transitional (If let alone, they evolve to the next step that is a higher state of complexity) or trapped in a fire loop. 3) Fire loop that is not natural. We can't claim that something is naturally burn when in a 90% of the cases the culprit is the man. Therefore claiming that "most of the forests need to be burnt regularly as good management practices" is not correct.
csb6 3y ago
Periodic wildfires are part of the lifecycle of many kinds of forests. Not every forest is a rainforest - most in North America are not, so they have different behaviors. Also, you are simply wrong that taiga rarely burns [0] - it burns quite often, and it is a normal part of the ecosystem. There is a whole field of study called fire ecology that investigates this. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiga#Fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiga#Fire
Manuel_D 3y ago
Rainforest and taiga aren't the only types of forests. Sure, high humidity or low temperature will inhibit forest fires. But chaparral and other hotter dryer climates do experience regular fires absent human activity. Megafauna extinction correlates with humans entering given regions, and occured even in places without forest fires (e.g. wooly mammoths).

cultureswitch 3y ago

This is wrong. Yes, Rainforests don't burn as often, by virtue of being extremely hard to burn. Forests in semi-desertic and temperate/dry climates naturally burn frequently.

pvaldes 3y ago
> Forests in semi-desertic and temperate/dry climates naturally burn frequently. Yep, and they are very important for biodiversity, but those aren't: 1) Most of the forests in the planet (If I'm not wrong, mature forests occupy more area still, 11% of the emerged areas is taiga). 2) neither mature forests (in the sense of "close to ecosystem climax"). They are either transitional (If let alone, they evolve to the next step that is a higher state of complexity) or trapped in a fire loop. 3) Fire loop that is not natural. We can't claim that something is naturally burn when in a 90% of the cases the culprit is the man. Therefore claiming that "most of the forests need to be burnt regularly as good management practices" is not correct.

csb6 3y ago

Periodic wildfires are part of the lifecycle of many kinds of forests. Not every forest is a rainforest - most in North America are not, so they have different behaviors. Also, you are simply wrong that taiga rarely burns [0] - it burns quite often, and it is a normal part of the ecosystem. There is a whole field of study called fire ecology that investigates this. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiga#Fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiga#Fire

Manuel_D 3y ago

Rainforest and taiga aren't the only types of forests. Sure, high humidity or low temperature will inhibit forest fires. But chaparral and other hotter dryer climates do experience regular fires absent human activity. Megafauna extinction correlates with humans entering given regions, and occured even in places without forest fires (e.g. wooly mammoths).