Resolving conflicts in fire management using decision theory: asset-protection versus biodiversity conservation

摘要: Agencies charged with nature conservation and protecting built-assets from fire face a policy dilemma because management that protects assets can have adverse impacts on biodiversity. Although is often goal, usually takes precedence in implementation. To make decisions better achieve both objectives, existing trade-offs must first be recognized, then policies implemented to manage multiple objectives explicitly. We briefly review actions conflict biodiversity conservation. Through this review, we find common practices might not appreciably reduce the threat but could large negative impact develop framework based decision theory applied minimize these conflicts. Critical approach (1) identification of full range options (2) obtaining data for evaluating effectiveness those achieving asset protection goals. This information used compare explicitly different choices conserving species assets, given budget constraints. The challenge now gather quantify so aligned objectives.