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Giraffe Team Bulletin – latest from the new Leverhulme Wildfires research teams. No.2
Welcome to the second Giraffe Team Bulletin! Approximately every two months, we share a Giraffe Team bulletin, providing you with an update on the latest from each of our six teams. We hope you enjoy the bulletins and that it helps you keep abreast of our research. Please do get in touch if you want […]
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L.A. Wildfires: Reimagining recovery and resilience
by Alex Mines, Imperial College London/ Leverhulme Wildfires In the aftermath of the palisades and Eaton Wildfires of Los Angeles this month, California’s communities, policymakers, and insurance markets must collaborate to promote greater fire-resiliency. California can be observed as a ‘canary in the coalmine’ when identifying market and governance challenges states face when confronted by […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires expert Prof Martin Wooster awarded MBE in New Year Honours
A huge congratulations to our Associate Director Prof Martin Wooster, expert in wildfires and earth observation at KCL, for being awarded an MBE in the 2025 New Year’s Honours! Read more here! Photo: Prof Martin Wooster (left) with some of the team (Luke Richardson-Foulger and Dr Mark Grosevnor, and at the back Chris Sherwin from […]
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For Your Inspiration – Earth Extremes (Royal Institute) (8 Nov 2024)
For Your Inspiration – Earth Extremes (Royal Institute) (8 Nov 2024) – organised by the Grantham Institute Read more here Book via Eventbrite From the icy cold arctic to the blistering heat of a volcano, animals and plants have adapted to live in these spaces. With our climate becoming more extreme, humans will also […]
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FIRE IN PRACTICE: Godwin Dzekoto – Revisiting fire management in Ghana: Integrating historical practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative approaches (27 Nov 2024)
Register on Eventbrite When: Wednesday 27th November 2024, 14:30-15:30 GMT Where: Online (Zoom) / Melbourne House boardroom (for Centre members) Title: Revisiting fire management in Ghana: Integrating historical practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative approaches Speaker: Godwin Dzekoto, A Rocha Ghana Abstract Fire management in Ghana has historically been shaped by a complex interplay of traditional practices, […]
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Guest Seminar: Mexico’s challenging path towards integrated and intercultural fire management (26 Nov 2024)
Please register on Eventbrite Tuesday 26th November 2024, 4-5pm GMT Title: Mexico’s challenging path towards integrated and intercultural fire management Abstract Over the last decades, researchers and practitioners have proposed integrated approaches to fire management, which consider fire ecology, and a focus on prevention and risk reduction. In some instances, this has also included a non-prohibitive […]
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What does the next generation of fire-vegetation models look like?
On the 16th of September the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society hosted a number of international visitors at Dartington Hall in Devon, for a brainstorming session on global fire modelling. The brainstorming session brought together a number of scientists with expertise ranging from machine learning and remote sensing to plant response to drought. […]
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PhD in wildfire insurance, risk governance and market dynamics (closing date 11 Nov 2024)
PhD opportunity at King’s College London Exploring the interplay between wildfire insurance, risk governance and market dynamics across varying state traditions About the Project Wildfires represent a growing global challenge, exacerbated by climate change and increasing human encroachment into fire-prone areas. As the frequency and severity of wildfires escalate, the need for effective financial resilience […]
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Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Wildfire Management in Monreale, Sicily
Wildfires in the Mediterranean region have emerged as a pressing issue, exacerbated by climate change and evolving land use practices. Traditionally, fire management strategies have leaned heavily on suppression methods. However, this reactive approach is increasingly seen as unsustainable, often leading to catastrophic wildfires that threaten both lives and the environment. To address these challenges […]
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The global drivers of wildfire: connecting empirical evidence to modelling practices
The Leverhulme Wildfires Fire-Veg Giraffe Team has published a new paper “The Global Drivers of Wildfire” in Frontiers in Environmental Science. This paper compares how the processes embedded in the current global empirical fire models relate to findings of recent empirical analysis on the controls of burnt area globally and what the implications are for […]
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