Articles, books & reports
Scientific articles (leading author)
Ottolini, I., De Vries, J. & Pellis, A. (2020). Living with Conflicts over Wolves. The Case of Redes Natural Park. Society and Natural Resources, 34(9):1-17 https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1750746
"Numerous efforts are implemented to manage conflicts over wolves with the implicit aim to predict, gain control, and resolve them. Yet conflicts over wolves tend to persist in practice..." [continue reading]
Ottolini, I., Salesa, D., del Romero, L., & Salvador, N. (2024). Kindling Change: Shaping a New Fire Culture in Mediterranean socioenvironmental systems from the roots. Human Geographies, 18(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.5719/hgeo.2024.181.2
"In line with global trends, the Valencian Region (Spain) is experiencing increasingly extreme wildfires. Rural grassroots movements are emerging amid such worsening wildfire scenarios, advocating for local agency to build socioenvironmental resilience in wildfire-prone territories. Inspired by these movements, we propose a transformative paradigm – a New Fire Culture – to elicit critical reflections on current wildfire management and build socioenvironmental just futures..." [continue reading]
Scientific articles (co-author / contributor)
Uyttewaal, K., Stoof, C.R., Canaleta, G., Cifre-Sabater, M., Langer, E.R., Ludwig, F., Kroeze, C., Moran, P., Ottolini, I., & Prat-Guitart, N. (2024). Uplifting local ecological knowledge as part of adaptation pathways to wildfire risk reduction: A case study in Montseny, Catalonia (Spain). Ambio (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02030-7
Pandey, P., Huidobro, G., Lopes, L. F., Ganteaume, A., Ascoli, D., Colaco, C., et al. (2023). A global outlook on increasing wildfire risk: Current policy situation and future pathways. Trees, Forests and People, 14, 100431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2023.100431
Books and book chapters
Toolkits
EU PyroLife Deliverable D17: Toolkit for fostering cocreation and participative community engagement with vulnerable communities at risk
(download the full report here, or the factsheet here)
"This deliverable aims at presenting the challenges of, and recommendations for, communicating in an era of extreme wildfires. The starting point of this deliverable is Wildfire Risk Communication, and the need to go beyond focusing just on risk by expanding our communication efforts into the broader arena of Wildfire Communication.
Therefore, the core of this deliverable provides specific recommendations for doing Wildfire Communication, by responding to the challenges of our times, and particularly, by engaging and communicating with communities in their local contexts"
Reports
LIFE Oreka Mendian: Sustainable Management of Mountain Grasslands - A Collection of Good Practices
(contributor)
LIFE Oreka Mendian: Overview of sustainable practices for the management of mountain grasslands in Europe
(contributor)
European Forest Institute: Key Recommendations on Wildfire Prevention in the Mediterranean
(contributor)