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Fire Regime Characterization
1. Please choose the dominant fire regime for this ecoregion:
Fire dependent
Fire sensitive
Fire independent
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1a. If the dominant fire regime is fire dependent/influenced or fire sensitive, are the severity and frequency (choose one):
Low to mixed severity, 0 to 35 year frequency
Replacement severity, 0 to 35 year frequency
Mixed severity, > 35 year frequency
Replacement severity, 35 to 200 year frequency
Replacement severity, > 200 year frequency
No data
1b. Are there embedded ecosystems within the ecoregion that have a different fire regime?
Yes
No
Fire Regime Status and Trends
2. Please choose the dominant fire regime status and trend for this ecoregion:
Intact/stable
Intact/declining
Very degraded/improving
Degraded/improving
Degraded/declining
Degraded/stable
Very degraded/stable
Very degraded/declining
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2a. If the dominant fire regime status is degraded or very degraded, please choose the primary way it is degraded (choose one):
Fires are too frequent
Fires are too infrequent
Intensity is too low
Intensity is too high
Size is too big
Size is too small
Fire occurs outside of natural seasons
No data
2b. Are there embedded ecosystems within the ecoregion with a different status and trend?
Yes
No
Threats to the Fire Regime
3. Please choose the top three threats to the dominant fire regime: (click one at a time, choices are highlighted)
1.1. Housing & urban areas
1.2. Commercial & industrial areas
1.3. Tourism & recreation areas
2.0. Agriculture & Aquaculture
2.1. Annual crops
2.2. Perennial non-timber crops
2.3. Wood & pulp plantations
2.4. Livestock farming & ranching
2.5. Marine & freshwater aquaculture
3.0. Energy Production & Mining
3.1. Oil & gas drilling
3.2. Mining & quarrying
3.3. Renewable energy
4.0. Transportation Infrastructure
4.1. Roads & railroads
4.2. Utility lines
4.3. Shipping lanes
4.4. Flight paths
5.0. Biological Resource Use
5.1. Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals
5.2. Gathering terrestrial plants
5.3. Logging & wood harvesting
5.4. Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
6.0. Human Intrusions
6.1. Recreational activities
6.2. War, civil unrest & military exercises
6.3. Research
6.4. Work & other activities
7.0. Natural System Modifications
7.1. Fire & fire suppression
7.1a. Lack of fire management capacity
7.1b. Fire suppression policy
7.1c. Fire exclusion policy
7.1d. Escaped agricultural fires
7.1e. Arson
7.1f. Traditional fire use
7.1g. Other sources
7.2. Dams & water management/use
7.3. Other ecosystem modifications
8.0. Invasive & Other Problematic Species & Genes
8.1. Invasive species
8.2. Problematic native species
8.3. Introduced genetic material
9.0. Pollution & Material/Energy Input Regimes
9.1. Toxic chemicals
9.2. Nutrients
9.3. Garbage
9.4. Sedimentation & residual materials
9.5. Radioactive materials
9.6. Salt
9.7. Sound
9.8. Heat
9.9. Light
10.0. Geological Events
10.1. Volcanoes
10.2. Earthquakes/tsunamis
10.3. Avalanches/landslides
10.4. Storms/flooding
11.0. Climate Change & Severe Weather
11.1. Habitat shifting & alteration
11.2. Droughts
11.3. Temperature extremes
11.4. Storms/flooding
Strategies for Abatement
4. Please choose up to three high-level strategies that are necessary to abate the top three threats identified above: (click one at a time, choices are highlighted)
1. Land/Water Protection
1.1. Publicly owned site/area protection
1.2. Privately & community owned site/area protection
1.3. Resource & habitat protection
2. Land/Water Management
2.1. Site/area management
2.2. Invasive/problematic species control
2.3. Habitat & natural process restoration
3. Species Management
3.1. Species management
3.2. Species recovery
3.3. Species introductions
3.4. Ex-situ conservation
4. Education & Awareness
4.1. Formal education
4.2. Training
4.3. Awareness & communications
5. Law & Policy
5.1. Public legislation
5.2. Policies & regulations
5.3. Private sector standards & codes
5.4. Compliance and enforcement
6. Livelihood, Economic & Other Incentives
6.1. Linked enterprises & livelihood alternatives
6.2. Substitution
6.3. Market forces
6.4. Conservation payments
6.5. Non-monetary values
7. External Capacity Building
7.1. Institutional & civil society development
7.2. Alliance & partnership development
7.3. Conservation finance
Overall Scientific Confidence
5. Please give an overall rating for the Fire Regime Information for each ecoregion.
Very Good : The level of scientific agreement and/or consensus is high and amount of evidence and/or data is high.
Good : The level of scientific agreement/consensus and the amount of available evidence/data is moderate.
Fair : The level of scientific agreement/consensus moderate to high, but the amount of available evidence/data is low.
Poor : The level of scientific agreement/consensus and the amount of available evidence/data is low.
Additional Comments
6. Please input any additional comments about the fire regime in this ecoregion, embedded fire regimes or habitat types, threats or particular literature or experts who should be contacted regarding this ecoregion.