Manage fire regimes, not fires

Globally, land- and fire-management policies have counterproductively caused cascading ecosystem changes that exacerbate, rather than mitigate, wildfires. Given rapidly changing climate and land-use conditions that amplify wildfire risk, a policy shift to adaptive management of fire regimes is urgently needed.

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Globally, land- and fire-management policies have had unintended consequences on ecosystem changes, exacerbating wildfire risk. With rapidly changing climate and land-use conditions amplifying wildfire risk, there is an urgent need for a policy shift towards adaptive fire management.