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Fire and geodiversity

Ruby O. Hoyland https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8433-7631 A * , Melinda T. McHenry https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4393-8635 A and Erin A. Foster https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4271-1957 B
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A School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, 1 Churchill Avenue, Sandy Bay, Tas. 7001, Australia.

B Present address: Geo-Environmental Solutions, 29 Kirksway Place, Battery Point, Tas. 7004, Australia.

* Correspondence to: ruby.hoyland@utas.edu.au

International Journal of Wildland Fire 33, WF23134 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF23134
Submitted: 18 August 2023  Accepted: 19 March 2024  Published: 5 April 2024

© 2024 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of IAWF. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Abstract

Geodiversity elements contribute significantly to local and global hydrological, biogeochemical and ecosystem services and as such, fire is a potentially disruptive force with long-term implications. from limiting karstic speleothems formation, to compounding impacts of peat-fire-erosion cycles. Geodiversity elements additionally possess important cultural, aesthetic, and environmental values, including the support of ecosystem services. Hence, assessments of potential fire damage should consider implications for land users, society, and culture, alongside the geomorphic impacts on geodiversity elements. With a view to providing a concise set of descriptors of the response of geodiversity elements to fire, we qualify and in places, quantify, how fire may degrade geosystem function. Where possible, we highlight the influence of fire intensity and frequency gradients, and cumulative fire, in the deterioration of geodiversity values. Geoconservation is integral to protected areas with implications from fire effected geodiversity functions and values presenting issues for management, with potential consequences extending through to delisting, degazetting, and resizing of protected areas. Future research in reserve systems should concentrate on understanding the synergistic and compounding effects of fire on the geophysical landscape.

Keywords: deposition, fire management, fluvial, geoheritage, geosystem services, karst, landform, post-fire impacts, soil, values.

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