Articles
Published 2013-06-21
Copyright (c) 2013 Italian Journal of Forest and Mountain Environments
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Abstract
Prescribed burning is a very used technique in the forest resource management, but in Italy is not applied. This article introduces the use of prescribed burning in Europe and in the world, the reasons, the environmental effects, the «prescription» (fuel and weather considerations) and the most important firing technique.