Deliberation for wildfire risk management
Addressing conflicting views in the Chiquitania, Bolivia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4703583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tahia Devisscher (0000-0002-0971-665X, Department of Forest Resources Management Faculty of Forestry University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada, corresponding author), Y Malhi (0000-0002-3503-4783, University of Oxford), Edith Boyd (0000-0002-1643-9718, Lund University), Emily Boyd (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies Lund University Lund Sweden) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 185 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 38-54 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/geoj.12261 |
| OpenAlex | W2891371182 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 29 |
Wildfires are increasingly affecting forest landscapes around the world. In the Bolivian Chiquitania, southern Amazonia, large wildfires during recent droughts have intensified public debate around more systemic solutions to address the possible root causes. While the integration of different forms of fire knowledge is gaining acceptance as an approach to dealing with increasing wildfire risk, little attention has been given to this integration in the Amazonia. In fact, mismatches between policy, science and local realities have curtailed the success of fire risk strategies in the region. To address this challenge, we conducted interviews and focus group discussions with a wide range of actors in the Chiquitania to examine different forms of knowledge and views of fire, and the extent to which these were integrated in prevalent wildfire risk strategies. We found that the risk strategies were in tension between two conflicting understandings of fire. A conceptual framework was developed to capture the configuration of knowledge underpinning this tension. Adopting a more integrated and inclusive approach to manage wildfire risk will require overcoming first this tension through a more open deliberation process within a reflexive governance framework. We proposed three "deliberation arenas" to facilitate this process, which could ultimately support more systemic, inter-cultural fire management in the Chiquitania and other landscapes with conflicting views in the Amazonia
Amazon rainforest · Business · Civil engineering · Corporate governance · Deliberation · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Reflexivity · Risk Governance · Risk management · Social science · Sociology · Underpinning · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Engineering · Environmental Science · Fire effects on ecosystems
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |