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37/52 A bit late today for #Day11 of my #cop15 series (out all day)! Today it's #NorthAmerica, looking into fire management practices. It's pretty well known by now that one factor contributing to the severity of wildlfires in recent years (as well as climate change) is the interruption of native american practices of setting controlled fires, preventing larger fires. There is quite a lot of work on this - here a short overview from the National Park Service
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fire/indigenous-fire-practices-shape-our-land.htm
www.nps.govIndigenous Fire Practices Shape our Land - Fire (U.S. National Park Service)For many millenia, fire was integral to many Indigenous peoples’ way of life. This page describes ways Indigenous people used fire in the past, as well as current partnerships working to preserve cultural burns.