Fire regimes are disrupted by suppression or inappropriate burning
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Excluding necessary fire accumulates fuels in fire-adapted ecosystems, while excessive or badly timed burning degrades fire-sensitive ecosystems and drained peatlands.
#00248Drained peatlands support persistent underground fires
Drainage exposes carbon-rich peat to drying and smoldering combustion that can persist underground, resist surface suppression and produce prolonged smoke.