"We want to identify the most at-risk communities, to inform decision-makers and eventually implement adaptations that reduce their vulnerability," explains Yan Boucher, Professor of Ecology and Forest Management at UQAC and Director of the ORRFB. The tool is not intended to predict a specific fire, but to estimate, in the medium to long term, the likelihood that a inhabited environment will be threatened according to its location, fire history,…
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"We want to identify the most at-risk communities, to inform decision-makers and eventually implement adaptations that reduce their vulnerability," explains Yan Boucher, Professor of Ecology and Forest Management at UQAC and Director of the ORRFB. The tool is not intended to predict a specific fire, but to estimate, in the medium to long term, the likelihood that a inhabited environment will be threatened according to its location, fire history,…