Policy issues relevant to risk assessments, balancing risks, and the National Fire Plan: Needs and opportunities

被引:7
作者
O'Laughlin, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Idaho, Coll Nat Resources, Moscow, ID 83844 USA
关键词
comparative risk assessment (CRA); Endangered Species Act; Healthy Forests Restoration Act; National Environmental Policy Act; risk communications; risk management; trust; wildfire; wildland fire;
D O I
10.1016/j.foreco.2005.01.023
中图分类号
S7 [林业];
学科分类号
0829 ; 0907 ;
摘要
The needs and opportunities for assessing and managing risks posed by wildfire are identified through synthesis of natural resources agency and conservation group perspectives. Risk assessment is needed primarily to compare environmental effects of management alternatives, including effects on habitat for threatened and endangered species. This need for comparative risk assessment (CRA) is driven by policies requiring federal agencies to consider risks and other adverse effects, as well as benefits, when planning and implementing land and resource management projects. An active, adaptive approach to wildfire risk management is highly desirable. Clear objectives are needed, consistent with a long-term vision of what the land should look like. Effective risk communications can help organizations build trust with stakeholders. Several improvements in existing laws and policies could encourage comparisons of active management risks and risk-reduction benefits with risks of no action when fuel loads may result in uncharacteristically severe wildfire effects on resource values, including fish and wildlife habitat. Despite some weaknesses, CRA asks important questions and encourages more transparent decision-making processes. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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