Category: Muirburn

countryside, Muirburn

The Burning Question

BY BERT BURNETT Why Gamekeepers Are Refusing to Endorse the New Muirburn Code Scotland’s gamekeepers have issued a stark warning: they will not endorse the Scottish Government’s new Muirburn Code, a decision they claim is born not of defiance, but of a desperate need to prevent catastrophic wildfires. They argue that the new regulations, designed to protect peatlands, will ironically create a tinderbox, stripping them … Continue reading The Burning Question

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Forestry, Muirburn

Portugal’s Prescribed Burning Journey

BY PAULO FERNANDES Prescribed burning has been going on for nearly five decades in Portugal. It was in the mid-70s that the pioneer José Moreira da Silva conducted the first forest service trials in the pine forests of the northwest of the country. In 1982, da Silva designed the first regional prescribed fire program in southern Europe. The concurrent scientific research assessed the ecological impacts … Continue reading Portugal’s Prescribed Burning Journey

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