Traditional Fire Knowledge: A Thematic Synthesis Approach

Building fire-adaptive communities and fostering fire-resilient landscapes have become two of the main research strands wildfire science that go beyond strictly biophysical viewpoints call for integration complementary visions living there, with their legacy knowledge subjective dimensions. Both indigenous fire management (IFM) local (LFM) are rooted in traditional among most important contributions rural can make to partnerships. Focusing specifically on (TFK), we examine scholarly literature TFK using a thematic synthesis approach. We extract themes from cluster synthesize them into four analytical themes: (a) within ecology global field; (b) role integrated management; (c) governance; (d) needs. Who researchers are, topics they study, how approach these topics, where focus help us also understand possible biases topics. The analysis conducted reveals existing gap current non-Indigenous populations. This paper offers action include non-indigenous voices this topic. Evidence drawn re-focus awareness multidisciplinary phenomenon.