FUME - RD2

Title

Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world

Duration

January 2010 until December 2013

Budget

91.750 € funded by EU - European Union: ENV.2009.1.3.1.1 Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe

Contact

Friedrich-Wilhelm Gerstengarbe

PIK number / OEH

9678b

Description

Fire regimes result from interactions between climate, land-use and land-cover (LULC), and socioeconomic factors, among other. These changed during the last decades, particularly around the Mediterranean. Our understanding of how they affected fire regime in the past is limited. During this century temperatures, drought and heat waves will very likely increase, and rainfall decrease. These and further socioeconomic change will affect LULC. Additional areas will be abandoned due to being unsuitable for agriculture or other uses. Fire danger and fire hazard are very likely to increase, affecting fire regimes. FUME will learn from the past to understand future impacts.

The ultimate goal of FUME will be to provide tools for better quantification of future impacts on fire regime, and on landscapes as a result of climate and social en economic changes. Based on them we will assess the capacity to cope with fire under global change and to identify future vulnerabilities of ecosystems and societies.

regional climate scenarios

Homepage

http://fumeproject.uclm.es/