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  1. Fire as friend or foe: the role of scientists in balancing media coverage of fires in National Parks

    Fire as friend or foe: the role of scientists in balancing media coverage of fires in National Parks

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Izak PJ Smit --- , South Africa Marina Joubert --- , South Africa Kyle Smith --- , South Africa Nicola van Wilgen --- , South Africa Tercia Strydom --- , South Africa Johan Baard --- , South Africa Marna Herbst --- , South Africa
    Fire can destroy infrastructure and livelihoods, and claim lives. Yet, fire is inevitable and plays several vital ecological roles that have shaped ecosystems over millennia. Planned fires also serve human needs. Critical media content analysis of 390 media reports (print,...
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  2. Too much, too late: fires and reactive wildfire management in northern Botswana’s forests and woodland savannas

    Too much, too late: fires and reactive wildfire management in northern Botswana’s forests and woodland savannas

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: L Cassidy --- , Botswana JS Perkins --- , Botswana J Bradley --- , Botswana
    Across much of southern Africa’s savanna wildernesses, wildfires burn unchecked. This is particularly true in the woodland savannas of northern Botswana, where wildfires originate outside of management activities, and are left to burn uncontrolled, because of limited resources and remoteness...
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